माधुरी बहन का गांधीवादी प्रतिकार
Madhuri one of the prominent members of the Right to Food Campaign arrested
Dear friends,Madhuri from Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sanghatan has been arrested today afternoon in a case that was filed against her and others as a result of protests for forcing a pregnant woman i.e. Baniya Bai who was in a critical condition and was in labour to deliver in full public view just outside the Menimata PHC.
Press Statement Issued by the Right to Food Campaign on the National Food Security Bill
Right to Food Campaign
(Secretariat)
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E 39, First Floor, Lajpat Nagar III,
New Delhi 110024, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Press Statement Issued by the
Right to Food Campaign on the National Food Security Bill on 6th May, 2013 at
the Press Club of India, N Delhi
The Right to
Food Campaign is deeply concerned at the paradox of hunger and malnutrition
preying on millions of people in this country even as FCI godowns continue to
overflow with grain. In this light, the campaign is chagrined that the
Government's flagship initiative in the form of the National Food Security Bill
(NFSB) is yet to be passed. This betrays the inhuman apathy of our rulers and
the system to the plight of the hungry and the malnourished dying a slow death.
The ruling Congress party had promised a food security bill in its manifesto
prior to the 2009 General Elections and this was also announced as one of the
priorities of the UPA government in the President's speech on 2nd June 2009. As
we come close to the end of the term of the 15th Lok Sabha, the Bill is yet to
be discussed in Parliament.
नकद हस्तांतरण लाएगा तबाही
by Reyaz-ul-haque
कुछ समय पहले शुरू की गई सब्सिडियों के नकद हस्तांतरण की योजना और आधार के अनुभवों के बारे में बता रहे हैं पत्रकार प्रफुल्ल बिदवई.
संयुक्त प्रगतिशील गठबंधन (संप्रग ) सरकार आधार यूनीक पहचान (यूआईडी) के आधार पर नकद हस्तांतरण की विशाल परियोजना शुरू करने जा रही है जिसका मकसद लोगों तक सार्वजनिक सेवाओं को सीधे पहुंचाना है। इस परियोजना को सरकार देश के 51 जिलों में नए साल के पहले दिन से चलाने की जल्दी में है जिसके अंर्तगत वृध्दावस्था और विधवा पेंशनों, मातृत्व लाभ और छात्रवृति जैसी 34 योजनाएं आती हैं; यह खाद्य, स्वास्थ्य सुविधाओं और ईंधन तथा खाद सब्सिडयों के लिए सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली (साविप्र) जैसी तमाम योजनाओं को आधार आधारित नकद हस्तांतरण (आआनह) के अधीन लाने की दिशा में एक कदम है।
Economics and Political Weekly(EPW) editorial on National Food Security Bill
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| The Hindu-Keshav |
There are uncanny parallels between the history of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the course so far of the National Food Security Bill. Both legislations were drafted by the National Advisory Council, tabled in Parliament in a much diluted form, and substantially repaired in response to various agitations and recommendations (including those of a Parliamentary Standing Committee) before being put to vote. The revised version of the National Food Security Bill was recently cleared by the union cabinet and is expected to be discussed in Parliament before the end of the budget session. Like NREGA, the revised food bill is a compromise document that falls short of the initial vision behind it and yet upholds some important entitlements.
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