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Centre plans to cut grain entitlement [1]

Despite severe opposition from civil society groups, the Union government has decided to cut the entitlement of a beneficiary to subsidised grain from 7 kg a month (as provided in the National Food

Publication Date: 
18/03/2013
Gargi Parsai [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Food Security [4], Subsidies [5], Public Distribution System (PDS) [6], Population [7], Legislation [8], Food Policy [9]

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[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/subsidies
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy