Centre readies half-baked food bill

With a spike of Rs 27,663 crore in food subsidy bill and the challenge of increasing grain procurement significantly, the Centre is set to move on its big-ticket 'aam aadmi' promise of food security to correct the optics of policy paralysis. The national food security law would be brought to Parliament in the current session, although what the Union Cabinet would discuss is an unfinished document with loose ends to be tied up.

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