News X: Food security ordinance a top priority in monsoon session
- 5 years ago
News X: Indicating that getting the food security ordinance approved in Parliament was the UPA's top priority. "The food security bill is our top priority. We want all the parties to support it. We hope this session is better than past few ones," Congress spokesperson Meem Afzal later told reporters.
Amid the din in the lower house, Food Minister K.V. Thomas tabled the ordinance to intimate the house that when it was not in session, the government had brought in the measure through decree.
Thomas said the government was already procuring an average 60.2 million tonnes of grains in the past four years and would have no difficulty in managing the 61.2 million tonnes needed for the ordinance.
Amid the din in the lower house, Food Minister K.V. Thomas tabled the ordinance to intimate the house that when it was not in session, the government had brought in the measure through decree.
Thomas said the government was already procuring an average 60.2 million tonnes of grains in the past four years and would have no difficulty in managing the 61.2 million tonnes needed for the ordinance.