Excerpt from the “revised version, as tabled in Parliament, 22 March 2013”
It extends to the whole of India […]
Schedule III (See section 39)
(1) “Revitalisation of Agriculture” –
(a) agrarian reforms through measures for securing interest of small and marginal farmers;
(b) increase in investments in agriculture, including research and development, extension services, micro and minor irrigation and power to increase productivity and production;
(c) ensuring livelihood security of farmers by way of remunerative prices, access to inputs, credit, irrigation, power, crop insurance, etc. ;
(d) prohibiting unwarranted diversion of land and water from food production […]
The Hindu, 22 March 2013
The Union Cabinet has cleared the National Food Security Bill that gives legal entitlement to 67 per cent population (including 75 per cent rural and 50 per cent urban) for subsidised grains under the Targeted Public Distribution System.
Read the text of the National Food Security Bill 2013.
Read the summary of revised version of the National Food Security Bill 2013 as tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2013.
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