New Delhi: The core group of the Congress will be meet on Friday to decide whether to call for a special session of Parliament or to pass an ordinance on the controversial Food Security Bill. There has been a divide within the government on calling a special session or passing an ordinance.
The Congress core group meeting on May 17 to decide the fate of Food Security Bill was inconclusive.
The Law Ministry had recently told the Food Ministry during inter-ministerial consultations that without the list of intended beneficiaries with state governments in place and setting up of a redressal mechanism, an ordinance should not be promulgated as it would make the proposed law meaningless.
The Food Bill aims to give legal right to a uniform quantity of 5 kg foodgrains at a fixed price of Rs 1-3 per kg via ration shops to 67 per cent of the population. The annual food subsidy will increase to Rs 1.2 lakh crore from the existing Rs 85,000-90,000 crore after implementation of the proposed law.
With Additional Inputs From PTI
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