What is National Food Security Bill (NFSB) The much-awaited and much-debated Food Security Bill ultimately got passed in the Loksabha (Lower House) a day before yesterday. This bill is supposed to entitle around 67% (or 80.4 crore) of Indian population to subsidized food- each eligible individual shall get 5 kg of rice, wheat and coarse grains at Rs. 3,2,1, respectively. This programme shall cover 75% and 50 % of the rural and urban population respectively. Under this scheme, every year around 62 million tonne (6.2 crore tonne) of food-grain shall be distributed among 80 crore people of India. The government estimates an outlay of Rs. 1,30,000 crore per year towards this scheme but as per a Reuters columnist the actual cost for the same will be around Rs. 1,60,000 crore per year. Though opposition questioned the timing of this bill and termed it as a measure to garner votes in the oncoming general election but this bill got passed quite effortlessly. The Impact of NFSB The cost incurre
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