The 2014 general loksabha election poll is creating the
maximum buzz at the moment and that is why the Indian Government law makers are
not prudent enough to see what is going to happen after 2014. Our aim here is
to talk a bit about the recently proposed National Food Security Bill 2013
in an open review manner and analyze its advantages, benefits, demerits,
drawbacks or disadvantages so that people can understand this Government campaign/scheme/policy
against starvation and hunger better.
Food is one of the three basic necessities of life and we have been watching
how the UPA government has been struggling over the past few years to
successfully pass a food security bill for the hungry and needy people. The
National Food Security bill has been rotating from one table to another for
the last 3 or 4 years, from one ministry to another; but never got a real
shape. But now since the election polls 2014 are very near, UPA-2 government
wants to use this opportunity as a weapon for pulling peoples’ attraction and
of course their votes. With this hope of winning the upcoming elections and
resuming its term as UPA-3, the Government has recently passed the proposed
food security bill for the hungry people of India. But is this National Food
Security bill good enough to defy starvation, malnutrition and hunger of the
poor Indian people? Can this food security bill lift and improve
India’s ranking in the World Starvation Index?
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