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India parliament likely to debate food programme
India's parliament has begun its key monsoon session where the government will seek to push through a giant programme to provide subsidised food to two-thirds of the population.
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One of the key bills which will be taken up for passing into law is the ambitious National Food Security Bill, which will cost 1.3 trillion rupees ($23.9bn; £15.8bn) a year, and is being called one of the world's largest welfare schemes.
Under the new law, the government will provide 5kg of cheap grain every month to nearly 800 million poor people.
Critics say the plan is a political move to win votes and will drain India's finances. Supporters say it will help reduce poverty.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23571297
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One of the key bills which will be taken up for passing into law is the ambitious National Food Security Bill, which will cost 1.3 trillion rupees ($23.9bn; £15.8bn) a year, and is being called one of the world's largest welfare schemes.
Under the new law, the government will provide 5kg of cheap grain every month to nearly 800 million poor people.
Critics say the plan is a political move to win votes and will drain India's finances. Supporters say it will help reduce poverty.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23571297
Coverage from Indian media here, but much of it assumes you know the background, so I wasn't sure where to start, so I went with the BBC article explaining it for non-Indians instead.
https://news.google.com/news?ncl=dmmUhdKJI8sTrHMLMrLqyjDqOlnyM&q=india+%22food+security%22&lr=English&hl=en