Food security Bill will burden fisc, a bad idea: Sinha

Former finance minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said on Tuesday the Food Security Bill (FSB) would burden the fisc. Sinha, who is chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance, said the scheme, which envisages subsidising grains for the poor, would push up demand for food stocks to a level where the government would be forced to import grains to maintain supplies.

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