Manmohan Singh added that the food security bill was the most important legislation pending before parliament.
"Of all the five or six ordinances before parliament, the most important is the food security ordinance. I sincerely hope parliament in its wisdom will find it productive, and justified to pass the bill, to convert the ordinance into a bill in an active parliament," he said.
The monsoon session of parliament has 44 bills listed, and only 16 working days. The list of pending bills with government exceeds 100.
