Seventy-six per cent of Maharashtra's rural
population, and 45 per cent of city-dwellers in the state, would be
beneficiaries of the Food Security Bill (which would be beneficial to
about 67 per cent of India's population), according to environment
minister Jairam Ramesh, who visited the Sahyadri Government Guest House
in Mumbai on Sunday, September 29, 2013.
Terming the Food Security Bill – which recently recived the nod of both Houses of Parliament as well as that of India's president Pranab Mukherjee – a historic achievement of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, he added that the foodgrain supply to the western state would increase from 36.5 lakh tonne to 45 lakh tonne when the bill is implemented.
Ramesh said, “When the state-wise foodgrain allocations are made, Maharashtra would rank fourth, after Uttar Pradesh (which would now get an additional 30 lakh tonne, taking the allocation to India's most-populated state to 95 lakh tonne), Bihar and Gujarat. Mukherjee also signed the land aquisition bill, which is likely to be notified in the next two months. It will also help the farmers.”
Terming the Food Security Bill – which recently recived the nod of both Houses of Parliament as well as that of India's president Pranab Mukherjee – a historic achievement of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, he added that the foodgrain supply to the western state would increase from 36.5 lakh tonne to 45 lakh tonne when the bill is implemented.
Ramesh said, “When the state-wise foodgrain allocations are made, Maharashtra would rank fourth, after Uttar Pradesh (which would now get an additional 30 lakh tonne, taking the allocation to India's most-populated state to 95 lakh tonne), Bihar and Gujarat. Mukherjee also signed the land aquisition bill, which is likely to be notified in the next two months. It will also help the farmers.”
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