<p>The Centre has convened a meeting of state food ministers on Wednesday February 13 to discuss proposed National Food Security Bill.<br /><br /></p>.<p>With a Parliamentary panel suggesting further pruning of the Food Bill, the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs has decided to consult the states before modifying it. <br /><br />The Food Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2011, aims to give legal right over subsidised food grains to two-third of the country's population. In its latest report, the Parliamentary panel has suggested drastic changes in the Bill, saying that all the beneficiaries be provided 5 kg of wheat and rice per month at a uniform rate of Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kg. <br /><br />In the Food Security Bill, the government had proposed to give 7 kg of wheat and rice to a person at Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kg. Non-BPL families, as per the Bill, were to get 3 kg of foodgrain at half of the government fixed minimum support price.</p>
<p>The Centre has convened a meeting of state food ministers on Wednesday February 13 to discuss proposed National Food Security Bill.<br /><br /></p>.<p>With a Parliamentary panel suggesting further pruning of the Food Bill, the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs has decided to consult the states before modifying it. <br /><br />The Food Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2011, aims to give legal right over subsidised food grains to two-third of the country's population. In its latest report, the Parliamentary panel has suggested drastic changes in the Bill, saying that all the beneficiaries be provided 5 kg of wheat and rice per month at a uniform rate of Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kg. <br /><br />In the Food Security Bill, the government had proposed to give 7 kg of wheat and rice to a person at Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kg. Non-BPL families, as per the Bill, were to get 3 kg of foodgrain at half of the government fixed minimum support price.</p>
