Opposition steals UPA's food bill thunder
The benchmark has been set higher for the UPA's overdue National Food Security Bill, with Opposition-ruled states expanding the coverage of cheap food grains and improvising services under the public distribution system. Chhattisgarh may have scored recently with its state food act that expands coverage to almost 90% of the state's voters but other states are also gearing up to do more even as the central government is yet to legislate its bill that is stuck in a standing committee.