"The Congress party will begin its state-wide campaign against the BJP government's corruption from March 4 to March 11 by organising a padyatra in all the 26 constituencies," Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee president Arjun Modhvadiya said.
Food minister KV Thomas said that the Food Bill was in the right direction to reduce leakages and modernise the distribution system. It has become a legal entitlement now, he told CNBC-TV18.
India's food security law has global significance and it can inspire many countries to come up with similar legislation, a UN official said today.
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved implementation of the food security law through an ordinance to give 67 percent of the population the right to highly subsidised foodgrains. India is home to 25 percent of the world's hungry poor.
The Cabinet recently passed the food security bill. But does it only make politically correct noises?