Few details, huge subsidy in 3 versions of food Bill

Over two and a half years after President Pratibha Patil announced the government’s plan to enact a food security law, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday is slated to consider three separate versions of the National Food Security Bill (NFSB) for introduction in the current session of Parliament. These three versions arise out of differences between the Food Ministry and the Law Ministry over the issue of grievance redressal mechanism. The Legislative Department has said that the mechanism provided in the NFSB is “at variance with the established legislative practice about separation of powers between executive/regulatory functions and adjucatory functions”.

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