State wants Centre to foot 90% of food security bill

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State wants Centre to foot 90% of food security bill [1]

Even before it is put into execution, UPA-II’s big-ticket scheme, the Food Security Bill, seems to be facing hurdles from within.

The Congress-led government in Maharashtra has told the Centre that it is already facing a severe financial crunch and is capable of footing only 10% of the Rs-600 crore annual cost that is needed for transportation, storage and distribution of grains to implement the food security programme in the state.

Publication Date:

07/10/2013

Author(s): Chittaranjan Tembhekar [2]

Source: Times Of India (Mumbai) [3]

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