The National Advisory Council (NAC) — which has been working hard over the last month to try and narrow down its differences with the Planning Commission and the government on the contentious issue of food security — is meeting here on Saturday to look at an amended proposal. The NAC's food hardliners have finally accepted, after several informal interactions with the Commission and government representatives, that universalisation of food security will not be possible.

Sources told The Hindu that the compromise now being worked out is that legal guarantees for subsidised food grains should not be restricted only to those below the poverty line (BPL). “We are going to propose a much larger coverage of legal entitlements than those defined by the government's poverty figures,” the sources explained...........click for more

Source: The Hindu