Hyderabad: Contrary to expectations that the food security scheme announced by the Centre recently would decrease the subsidy burden of the state government, state officials estimate that the scheme

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who has been under attack from Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, on Tuesday reached out to her in Parliament in a bid  to win suppor

The Union food ministry has proposed some major changes to Sonia Gandhi’s pet project, the National Food Security Bill, the passage of which has been delayed for long due to differences between the m

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said it will be difficult to implement the proposed Food Security Act with existing distribution system and suggested massive reforms.

"I will be fa

Still nursing the sting of ally Trinamool Congress opposing the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha citing issues of federal autonomy, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government wants to take the sta

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said the National Food Security Bill was replete with confusion and inaccuracies and 'will make a mockery of providing food security'.

She urged t

The union cabinet on Sunday approved the contentious National Food Security Bill that seeks to cover over half of India's 1.2 billion population, sources said.

The bill promises 75 per cent of rural

Food minister K.V. Thomas appears to have won over some of the detractors of the National Food Security Bill, which will be placed before the Union Cabinet on Monday.

His two-day firefighting has had

The draft food bill proposes a payment of Rs 1,000 each month for six months to pregnant and lactating women, which is already being executed in 52 districts across the nation currently, while childre

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the head of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food, has approved key changes in the proposed National Food Security Bill and the revised draft will be pl