SC unhappy over rotting food grains
The Supreme Court on Monday said it had no objection to the procurement of food grains by the government. However, the court maintained that it had reservation when a large quantity of food grains rot in the open.
A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma told the government: “Preserve what you procure. Food grains should not be allowed to rot.’’
The proceedings on increasing quota for BPL families remained inconclusive and will continue on Tuesday.
Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran submitted that the food grains procurement was to ensure food security and it could not be done away with. Advocate Colin Gonsalves appearing for the petitioner PUCL submitted that the quota should be increased from 25 kg to 35 kg per family to address the problem of wastage of tonnes of food grains.
