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Pass food bill even without amendments lest children die of starvation, says Sen [1]

Nobel laureate upset at disruption of Parliament by Opposition

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is upset that disruption of Parliament has held up passage of important legislation including the UPA’s flagship National Food Security Bill. He feels that if the Bill is not passed — even if without amendments — several hundred children will go hungry or die from under-nutrition. The Bill has been criticised as “limited” and “targeted” by activists such as Jean Dreze and Kavita Srivastava, who on Monday shared the dais with Prof. Sen to advocate its passage albeit with changes.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2013
Gargi Parsai [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Food Security [4], Children [5], Starvation [6], Nutrition [7], Public Distribution System (PDS) [8], Legislation [9], Subsidies [10], Rice [11], Wheat [12], Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) [13], Food Policy [14]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/starvation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/integrated-child-development-services-icds
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy