States get six months more to roll out food scheme

The Centre has decided to give state governments one year instead of the proposed six months to roll out its food security scheme, a strategic amendment aimed at garnering sufficient support to enable its passage. Food minister KV Thomas is likely to move this amendment, along with a few others, on Monday, when the bill is scheduled to be debated and passed by the Lok Sabha, a person familiar with the matter told ET.

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