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Cabinet clears ordinance to implement Food Security Bill

The government today decided to promulgate an ordinance to give nation's two-third population the right to 5 kgs of foodgrain every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs 1-3 per kg.

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The Cabinet, which had last month deferred a decision on the issue, today approved promulgating an ordinance to implement the Food Security Bill, sources said.u00a0

With this, India will join select league of countries in the world that guarantee majority of its population foodgrains.

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