Food bill in pregnant pause

The Union Cabinet may have given its nod to the food security ordinance with an eye on the forthcoming elections, but the UPA government's 'game-changer' will still take six to nine months for the on-ground rollout as its beneficiaries are yet to be identified by the states. Food ministry officials concede that for successful implementation of the programme, it is imperative to create an entirely different mechanism that identifies and reaches out to 67 per cent of over 120 crore Indians eligible for 5kg of subsidised food grain every month.

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