date:Sep 03, 2013
the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said the bill was mere repackaging of existing schemes in different states, and criticised the hurry to push through the legislation.
The food security scheme aims at giving at least five kgs of cheap grain each month to two-thirds of India's population. In fact, it proposes to provide a kilo of rice at three rupees (six U. S. cents), wheat at two rupees (four U.S. cents) and millet at one rupee (two U.S. cents) to 800 million poor people.
The welfare measure, said