The Strange Calculus of Surjit Bhalla
Ruchi
Gupta
Mr Bhalla has written an alarming
piece in the Indian Expressestimating
that the Food Security Bill in the first year alone will cost 3% of
the GDP. His assertion is based on using the NSS consumption figures
from 2011-12, and then calculating the factor by which the subsidy
will increase with increased coverage, offtake and reduced price
under the NFSB. He thus calculates that the subsidy will increase by
a factor of 4.36. He then multiples the current food subsidy
expenditure of Rs 72K crore by this factor of 4.36 to arrive at the
alarming figure of Rs 314K crore!
UID:Threat of exclusion, and of surveillance
The aadhaar project has become the bane of average Indians, threatening their access to all manner of services. basic questions have sometimes been asked and almost never been answered, says Usha Ramanathan. who is an academic activist and has researched the UID and its ramifications.
The Unique Identity (UID) project has been around for over four years. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was set up by an executive notification dated 28 January 2009 and came into its own after Mr Nandan Nilekani was appointed as chairperson in July 2009. Now it has, as some observers say, become an experiment being conducted on the entire country.
राष्ट्रीय खाद्य सुरक्षा अध्यादेश के मुख्य बिंदु, पत्र सूचना कार्यालय,भारत सरकार
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राष्ट्रीय खाद्य सुरक्षा अध्यादेश एक ऐतिहासिक पहल है जिसके जरिए जनता को पोषण खाद्य और पोषण सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित की जा रही है। इसके जरिए लोगों को काफी मात्रा में अनाज वाजिब दरों पर पाने का अधिकार मिलेगा। खाद्य सुरक्षा विधेयक का खास जोर गरीब से गरीब व्यक्ति, महिलाओं और बच्चों की जरूरतें पूरी करने पर होगा। अगर लोगों को अनाज नहीं मिल पाया तो उन्हें खाद्य सुरक्षा भत्ता दिया जायेगा। इस विधेयक में शिकायत निवारण तंत्र की भी व्यवस्था है। अगर कोई जन सेवक या अधिकृत व्यक्ति इसका अनुपालन नहीं करेगा तो उसके खिलाफ शिकायत की सुनवाई हो सकेगी। इस विधेयक की अन्य खास बातें निम्नलिखित हैं- |
The National Food Security Ordinance:Highlights
Press Information Bureau
The National Food Security Ordinance is a historic initiative for ensuring food and nutritional security to the people. It gives right to the people to receive adequate quantity of food grains at affordable prices. The Food Security Bill has special focus on the needs of poorest of the poor, women and children. In case of non-supply of foodgrains now people will get Food Security Allowance. The bill provides for grievance redressal mechanism and penalty for non compliance by public servant or authority. Other features of the Ordinance are as follows.
The National Food Security Ordinance is a historic initiative for ensuring food and nutritional security to the people. It gives right to the people to receive adequate quantity of food grains at affordable prices. The Food Security Bill has special focus on the needs of poorest of the poor, women and children. In case of non-supply of foodgrains now people will get Food Security Allowance. The bill provides for grievance redressal mechanism and penalty for non compliance by public servant or authority. Other features of the Ordinance are as follows.
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