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Govt to bring draft Food Security Bill: FM

FM Pranab Mukherjee said government will soon come out with a draft Food Security Bill.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said government will soon come out with a draft Food Security Bill.

“Draft Food Security Bill will be placed in public domain,” he said unveiling the 2010-11 budget in the Lok Sabha.

The UPA in its election manifesto promised to enact Food Security Act to provide 25 kg of wheat or rice per month at Rs 3 per kg to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.

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