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Cash transfer to farmers faces hurdle
Plan drew strong opposition from cartel of middlemen and agents as they will lose commission. The food ministry’s ambitious plan to transfer the minimum support price (MSP) directly into the farmers’ accounts or through account-payee cheques has run into roadblocks in the first year itself. Many states have not yet adopted a system to directly transfer money to farmers for grains procured

High supply pulls rice prices down
Decline 20 per cent this month; higher minimum support price restrains fall in other foodgrains.

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Worried govt doing the sums

A stumbling block for passage of the Bill on food security is the huge subsidy burden the government will have to incur once this comes into operation. The Cabinet had earlier this week deferred a

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Inflation-wary ministries oppose 15% wheat MSP hike

The ministries for food and finance have opposed an agriculture ministry proposal to raise the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat 15 per cent to Rs 1,350 a quintal. The ministries fear the move

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Govt seeks public views on Draft National Food Security Bill
New Delhi, Sept 14 (IBNS) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has sought comments from the public and all the concerned on Draft National Food Security Bill.

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Law vs governance

Successive drafts of the food security Bill seem to agree on one thing: a greater role for the Food Corporation of India (FCI). FCI buys grains at the minimum support price and distributes them

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