Food Security Bill: A free lunch we cannot afford

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has been consistently opposing expansion of the scope of the existing Public Distribution System (PDS) through the proposed Food Security Bill (FSB). He talks with conviction because of his first-hand experience of the dismal functioning of the national procurement and distribution system of grains under the Food Corporation of India (FCI). This also means less grain in the market and more inflationary pressure on cereals.

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