All you need to know about National Food Security Bill : 1.

10/10/2016.
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Sub : All you need to know about National Food Security Bill
Part-1.

Ref : Media Reports

1. Introduction :

The Lok Sabha on Monday endorsed the Food Security Bill, which makes subsidised foodgrain a right for 67 per cent of the population, or 82 crore Indians.

The bill is expected to cost the government exchequer Rs 1.3 lakh crore ($22 billion) every year.

With this law being pegged as the Congress party's gamechanger for the 2014 Lok Sbaha elections, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi made a rare speech in Parliament, terming the Bill a historic step towards eradicating poverty. "The food bill is meant for the less fortunate sections of our society," she said.

Expectedly, the Opposition has criticised the bill as an attempt by the Congress to get mileage in the run-up to the 2014 polls.

"This bill is half baked, but we have still decided to support it," Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj said. Needless to say, the timing of the Bill's introduction in Parliament is such that almost all parties have found themselves compelled to endorse it.

In fact, even the proponents of the Bill have criticised the Congress party's haste in getting the bill cleared without completed the required groundwork.

"I am quite dismayed by this ordinance and also very concerned about the possible consequences of excessive haste. A sense of urgency is certainly required, but rushing the implementation of the bill for short-term electoral gain could be counter-productive, and even defeat the whole purpose of the bill,"

former National Advisory Council member Jean Dreze had told Mumbai Mirror in an interview.

Dreze had resigned from the council due to his differences with the Bill.

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