Right To Food

Rising prices of grains, digitisation of PDS records pose challenges for the poor to avail food

The prices of rice, wheat and pulses have been rising steadily making it more difficult for the poor to buy grain at market price.

Swaraj at 70 Part 10: Food sovereignty means democratic control over what we eat, says Jean Dreze

Jean Dreze's uses his extensive knowledge of the Indian ground realities to expound on the need for food security and its link to Swaraj.

Dear Rahul, NREGA is not the 'escape velocity' Dalits need

The Congress Party's policies are not disastrous just for Dalits. They are bad for any deprived individual or community which is looking for quick upward mobility.

Food security law will reduce PDS leakage: Food minister

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed Sonia Gandhi's pet project, the Food Security Bill which guarantees 5 kg of rice, wheat and coarse cereals per month per individual at a fixed price of Rs 3, 2, 1, respectively, to nearly 67 percent of the population.

UPA to roll out food security scheme from Aug 20

Food security ordinance: Why UPA's 'good intentions' are ruinous

The UPA government's resort to the ordinance route to hustle the food security measure through is undemocratic and reckless.

Sonia Gandhi's pals turn critics on the Food Security Bill

The votaries of food security find the UPA's Food Security Bill seriously flawed. They want universalisation without centralisation.

Budget 2014: BJP following Chidu's policy of neglect, says Right to Food activists

Members of the Right To Food Campaign accused the Modi government of going back on its election promise of ‘universal food security’ in the Budget 2014.

Right to food, or right to loot? Rs 1 lakh crore of food subsidy will not reach the poor

It takes Rs 3.65 to reach Re 1 of food to the poor. And of this Re 1. only 43 paise reaches the right beneficiary. The rest goes to the wrong people

Yes Amma, there is an Awards Industry - Decoding India’s awards business

The Indian awards business has become so huge and extravagant that it is almost pointless,