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Priority for ensuring total food security for the poor [1]

As a major step in this direction, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has ordered supply of rice free of cost to eligible cardholders under PDS as per their entitlement from June1 despite a huge burden on the State exchequer.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2011
G. Sathyamoorthi [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Food Security [4], Public Distribution System (PDS) [5], Oilseeds [6], Rice [7], Farmers [8], Poverty [9], Food Policy [10]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/priority-ensuring-total-food-security-poor
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/g-sathyamoorthi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oilseeds
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy