Food security bill passes in LS, Cong praises Sonia

Raipur, August 27, 2013

State Congress praised its national president Sonia Gandhi after Lok Sabha passed food security bill on Tuesday. The PCC president Charandas Mahant and CLP leader Ravindra Choubey said the passage of the bill indicates commitment of Congress-led UPA government towards common people.

They termed passage of food security bill as Centre’s significant achievement after it successfully implemented Right to Education (RTE) and Right to Information (RTI).

They said the UPA government fulfilled the promise it had made to people during 2009 general elections.

They said implementation of Food Security Act would address hunger problem of about 67% of the country’s population. Under the Act, the government will spend Rs 124723 crore and distribute 51.2 MT foodgrains to beneficiaries, they added.

They informed that the Centre had developed effective technology to address public grievances pertaining to Food Security Act.

DCC Raipur Urban takes out thanks rally

Raipur, Aug 27: Greeting passage of food security bill in the parliament, the DCC Raipur Urban unit took out a thanks rally from Congress Bhawan to Rajiv Gandhi chowk on Tuesday. The rally was participated by senior Congress leader Satyanarayan Sharma, Raipur North MLA Kuldeep Juneja, PCC general secretary Ramesh Warlyani, Shailesh Nitin Trivedi, Pramod Dubey, Vikas Upadhyay, etc.