New Delhi: Sceptical about the smooth running of Parliament even in the Monsoon Session, likely to begin in the third week of this month, due to a “confrontationist” Opposition, the government is onc

New Delhi: In a surprise move, the Union Cabinet decided to postpone the move to bring about an ordinance on the Food Security Bill today.
Speaking to newspersons after a prolonged Cabinet meeting, F

New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament was abruptly adjourned sine die on Wednesday, with the second phase turning out to be a total washout amid opposition demands for the resignation of Prime

Government and the BJP were today engaged in a war of words over the Food Security Bill pending for consideration in Lok Sabha since last week.

Even while the Centre appears keen to push through the Food Security Bill with some key changes, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar is learnt to have raised questions about the viability of the s

In order to enable implementation of the proposals in the National Food Security Bill at the earliest, Food Minister K. V. Thomas has asked both the Rural and the Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministries

The Cabinet on Tuesday deferred a decision on the draft Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains to about 64 per cent of the country's population.

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