New Delhi: The government proposes to bring out the draft National Food Security Bill very soon, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.
Presenting the Budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha, he said work on the Bill to ensure food security to poor persons has begun in right earnest.
A draft Bill will be put on the website of the Department of Food and Public Distribution for public debate and consultation.
Under this Act, every family living Below the Poverty Line in rural or urban areas will be entitled by law to 25 kg of rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 a kg.
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