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Law Min to vet draft food security bill after EGoM nod

The draft bill of the proposed National Food Security Act prepared by the Food Ministry, which aims to provide a legal right on subsidised foodgrains to the poor, will be vetted by the Law Ministry before being submitted to the Cabinet, reports CNBC-TV18's Aakansha Sethi quoting sources.
Ministers' panel clears draft Food Bill

An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) today approved the draft Food Security Bill, which will provide highly subsidised wheat and rice to the poor as a matter of legal right.

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