Bihar deputy CM asks Centre to foot cost of food security plan

CBI says law minister made changes; opposition asks gov... Food security bill tabled in Parliament Congress slams opposition for not discussing food bill Congress, BJP trade barbs as CBI books Kataria New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday ...

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh ruled out any possibility of issuing ordinances or having a special Parliament session on food security and Land Acquisition Bills. Talking to reporters on the sideline of the function, Dr.

A close look at the much-hyped National Food security Bill, 2013 The National Food Security Bill (NFSB), the brainchild of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, was a part of the UPA manifesto in the 2009 elections. The Bill was first introduced in Parliament in ...

Amartya Sen, as befits a Nobel laureate, has often produced careful calculations to throw light on dark situations, such as the number of deaths caused by Mao's Great Leap Forward in China. So, it was astonishing to hear him say on a recent TV ...

The writer has posted comments on this article Sharad VyasSharad Vyas , TNN | May 21, 2013, 07.42 PM IST RELATED MUMBAI: The government's failure to table the Food Security Bill (FSB) has invited criticism from all corners and now Movement for Peace and ...

The Lokayukta report in Karnataka exposed illegalities, irregularities and crime by mining mafia in connivance with politicians and bureaucrats Madhya Pradesh goes the Gujarat way for power It has tied up long-term contracts and has undertaken reforms, just ...

New Delhi: Food Minister, K V Thomas, has rejected proposal to pass the food bill through an ordinance. Thomas ruled out bringing an ordinance on the National Food Security Bill and said that he favoured discussion on the proposed legislation in the ...

Ahead of the UPA's ninth anniversary on May 22, the Congress would have liked to have showcased the passage of the Food Security Bill as its most recent achievement. But with the Opposition determined not to give the government any positive talking ...

Holding the oppositions "disruptionary tactics" responsible for not allowing passage of the food security and land acquisition bills in parliaments budget session, the Congress Saturday expressed its willingness for a special session if the other ...