State governments are raising objections about the coverage under the proposed Food Security Bill, saying that covering 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of urban as advocated by both the draft Bill and the Standing Committee of Parliament is unacceptable.
“The Centre is saying that the proposed food Bill will ensure food for all. But in reality, this is not the case,” West Bengal Food Minister Jyotipriya Mullick said. He said the Centre should instead cover all sections of the population under the Bill and there should not be any provision for cash transfers under the Bill.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/coverage-under-proposed-food-bill-unacceptable
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/parliament
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-food-civil-supplies
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
