Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's younger brother Prahlad Modi participated in an agitation against Central government in Mumbai on Monday.The agitation held in Azad Maidan, saw Prahlad Modi, the national vice-president of All-India Fair Price
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today said it would ensure implementation of the National Food Security Act in the entire state in a phased manner by July 2015, official sources said.“The administrative preparations have been initiated to
Shahdol (MP): Trying to strike an emotional chord with the Madhya Pradesh electorate on the eve of state assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi reminded his audience that his mother Sonia Gandhi was in tears as she
London: Praising the new RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan for “not falling to populism”, leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul today supported the decision to raise a key interest rate which had disappointed the Indian industry.“I
NEW DELHI: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said onion prices will ease in the next two-three weeks as fresh output arrives from Maharashtra and other states, providing relief to consumers.“After talking to farmers and traders,
New Delhi: Food and Consumer Affairs Minister K V Thomas today ruled out declaring onion as an essential commodity even as its retail prices have soared to Rs 70-80 a kilogram in most parts of
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday approved Congress president Sonia Gandhi's pet food security bill, making it a law."The National Food Security Bill, 2013 has received the assent of the President of India," said
New Delhi: The qualities of a leader run along his veins. He is young and ambitious; he has a zeal for making India a better place for the poor to live. Lt. Sachin Pilot has
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday charged DMK president M.Karunanidhi with betraying the interests of the state by his party's support to the Food Security Bill.In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa said: "Like reducing
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Monday night passed the historic Food Security Bill after the Lok Sabha adopted the bill last week, paving the way for, what the government claims as, supply of cheap
New Delhi: Terming the National Food Security Bill a "lollipop", BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu Monday said the UPA government had brought the legislation with an eye on the 2014 general elections and without providing
New Delhi: Several central government schemes for the poor have failed to benefit them in the past so efforts should be made to ensure proper implementation of the food security programme, Bahujan Samaj Party chief
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress Monday said certain provisions of the food bill are making a mockery of the country's federal structure.Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during the debate on the food bill, party leader
New Delhi: Expressing reservations on the food security bill in its current form, the CPI-M Monday said the government was providing cheap food to people on one hand and increasing fuel prices on the other.Listing
New Delhi: The BJP and several other opposition parties have given notices for amendments, totalling 237, to the Food Security Bill being debated in the Rajya Sabha Monday, officials said. The government is in minority
Noida: Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid yesterday urged upon Congress workers to take the UPA government's achievements like the National Food Security Bill and Land Acquisition Bill to the people.Congress is a secular party and does
Kolkata: Alleging that people's confidence has been shaken due to the economic mismanagement by the UPA government, a Trinamool Congress MP yesterday said it was worrisome that the rupee slid further after passage of the
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Monday passed the National Food Security Bill, rejecting all the 305 amendments moved by the opposition and adopting the 11 introduced by the government, said government sources Tuesday.The bill aims
New Delhi: It was an irony of sorts that Congress President Sonia Gandhi was not present in Lok Sabha when the Food Security Bill, a project she had championed ardently, was passed by the House
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last night said the Food Security Bill was one more example of UPA government's "people-oriented inclusive development". "This is one more example of UPA government's people-oriented inclusive development", Singh
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