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  Food security ordinance top priority: Congress

  Politics | August 05, 2013 19:17 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 5: Indicating that getting the food security ordinance approved in parliament was the UPA's top priority, the government tabled the document in the Lok Sabha Monday, on day one of the monsoon

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  Jayalalithaa urges PM to replace Food Security Ordinance

  India | August 03, 2013 16:04 IST

  Chennai, Aug 3: Flaying Centre for “unilaterally” and “hastily” promulgating the National Food Security Ordinance 2013, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to replace the ordinance with a Bill

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  Jayalalithaa: Replace Food Security Ordinance

  Politics | August 03, 2013 16:27 IST

  Chennai, Aug 3: Flaying Centre for “unilaterally” and “hastily” promulgating the National Food Security Ordinance 2013, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to replace the ordinance with a Bill

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  SC refuses to entertain PIL on food security ordinance

  India | July 29, 2013 15:37 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 29: The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL challenging the food security ordinance promulgated by the government three weeks ago.  A bench comprising justices T S Thakur and Vikramajit Sen

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  Know the Food Security Bill and whom will it benefit the most (watch pics)

  India | August 26, 2013 16:57 IST

  New Delhi:  The Food Security Bill promulgated by the President is aimed at giving the nation's two-third population the right to get 5 kgs of foodgrains every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs 1-3

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  Food security ordinance copy of 2007 Punjab scheme: Badal

  India | July 09, 2013 22:39 IST

  Chandigarh, July 9: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday termed the food security ordinance brought by the UPA government as a "copy" of the "Atta-Dal" scheme introduced by his government in Punjab in 2007.Badal

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  Food security ordinance not for political benefit: Moily

  Politics | July 06, 2013 12:48 IST

  Bangalore, July 6: The national food security ordinance is aimed at removing hunger and malnutrition and not to reap any political benefit out of it, union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerappa Moily said

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  Food ordinance: DMK keeps cards close to chest

  India | July 05, 2013 22:23 IST

  Chennai, Jun 5: Adopting a cautious approach, former UPA ally DMK today said the party's stand on the Food Security Ordinance would be made public when the legislation is taken up for discussion in Parliament.DMK

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  Food security ordinance cleared by President

  Politics | July 05, 2013 17:25 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 5: President Pranab Mukherjee today signed the ordinance on food security to give nation's two-third population the right to get 5 kgs of foodgrains every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs

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  Mulayam slams food security ordinance

  Politics | July 05, 2013 16:29 IST

  Lucknow, Jul 5: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today attacked the Congress over the food security ordinance, accusing it of indulging in vote bank politics and said its intentions were not good.As Lok Sabha

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  President Pranab Mukherjee signs Food Security ordinance

  India | July 05, 2013 6:12 IST

  New Delhi, July 5 : After more than 24 hours, the President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday signed the historic Food Security Ordinance that promises food for all people living below the poverty line at cheap rates.

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  Know more about Food Security Ordinance

  India | June 13, 2013 17:19 IST

  New Delhi: The Food Security Bill, a pet project of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, was tabled in the Budget session of Parliament but could not be taken up for discussion due to pandemonium in the

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  Food security ordinance deferred, Parliament special session likely

  India | June 13, 2013 17:23 IST

  New Delhi, June 13: The government plans to convene a special session of Parliament for passage of the Food Security Bill as a divided Cabinet today shunned the idea of promulgating an Ordinance to implement

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  Cabinet defers Food Security Ordinance

  India | June 04, 2013 23:07 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 4 : The Union Cabinet today deferred the Food Security Ordinance, with no discussion taking place. "I cannot answer questions on what was not taken up by the Cabinet," Finance Minister P