CPI(M) seeks food security for all
14 years, 11 months ago

CPI(M) seeks food security for all

The Hindu  

The Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Communist Party of India has sought a scientific public distribution system aimed at achieving food security for all. B. Madhava, secretary of the party's district unit, told presspersons here on Saturday that the existing PDS, with the target group being identified on the unscientific below the poverty line concept, benefited only a few. While President Pratibha Patil had admitted that her Government could hardly do anything about it, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had predicted that the inflation rate might soon touch double digits, Mr. Madhava said. Stating that this would be a major demand of his party during the proposed rally and jail bharo agitation here on April 8, he said the Government would be urged to abolish the existing PDS by delinking it from the “bogus” estimates of poverty and guaranteeing subsidised and universal PDS through legislation.

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Experts to advise if free food comes under CPI
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts to advise if free food comes under CPI

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI The government wants to know whether free food distributed to nearly 800 million beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act 2013 should be kept out of inflation calculation, as it is in the process of creating a new, updated consumer price index, the gauge that measures changes in retail prices. The ministry of statistics and programme implementation has …

CPI leader urges Puducherry government to initiate measures to mitigate shortage of milk and essentials
3 months, 3 weeks ago

CPI leader urges Puducherry government to initiate measures to mitigate shortage of milk and essentials

The Hindu  

The CPI has urged the government to take steps to mitigate shortage of milk and other essential commodities as residents struggle to return to normal life in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal. In a statement, CPI secretary A. M. Saleem said the government should take measures to prevent hoarding of essentials and initiate stringent action against those attempting to trigger …

‘Beneficiaries getting surplus food grains’: Rajnath Singh hails free ration scheme
9 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Beneficiaries getting surplus food grains’: Rajnath Singh hails free ration scheme

Hindustan Times  

Under the Centre's flagship free ration scheme, beneficiaries were getting more food grains than they could consume, and were selling the surplus in the market, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. Rajnath Singh “Are you not getting five kg food grains?” he asked attendees at an election rally in Bihar's Karakat Lok Sabha constituency. Singh, however, stated that the …

CPI to step up agitation against curbs on public meetings in Andhra Pradesh
2 years, 2 months ago

CPI to step up agitation against curbs on public meetings in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India, along with the ‘like-minded opposition parties’, will intensify stir, demanding immediate withdrawal of the G.O. that prohibits public meetings and rallies on roads, party’s State executive member G. Eswariah has said. Addressing a party meeting to chalk out the agitation programme on January 8 against the ‘undemocratic’ YSRCP government, he said, ‘‘We will not rest …

Free rations an admission of the starvation facing the country: CPI(M)
2 years, 3 months ago

Free rations an admission of the starvation facing the country: CPI(M)

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government’s latest announcement that it will provide free rations under the National Food Security Act is a clear admission of the starvation that our population is facing, the CPI Polit Bureau said in a statement here. The party has demanded the continuation of both the free 5 kg foodgrain that the government started giving during the COVID-19 …

Food Bill will help over 80 per cent coverage in Jharkhand villages
11 years, 6 months ago

Food Bill will help over 80 per cent coverage in Jharkhand villages

The Hindu  

On June 14, at Manika in Latehar, 180 km from Ranchi, more than 300 men and women stood in the pouring monsoon rain to record their testimonies about the functioning of public schemes in their villages as district officials listened at a public hearing organised by the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan. The Central government allots subsidised foodgrains, categorising 24 lakh families, …

In Gujarat, the PDS is exclusionary & leaky
11 years, 7 months ago

In Gujarat, the PDS is exclusionary & leaky

The Hindu  

On Tuesday, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh criticising the National Food Security Bill for not being expansive enough. The most significant difference between the PDS as it currently functions in Gujarat and the NFSB is that the Bill is expected to cover roughly 77.24 lakh families in the State who will get 5 kg …

Pranab claim specious,short on facts: CPI (M)
13 years, 4 months ago

Pranab claim specious,short on facts: CPI (M)

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India on Thursday refuted the “specious explanations” on inflation given by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying his statement hid the government's failure to check price rise. Reacting to his November 22 suo motu statement in Parliament, the CPI Polit Bureau said: “It is nothing but an exercise in deception to conceal the utter failure of the …

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