NAC Chairman Sonia Gandhi will be writing to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh soon on the recommendations of the Council. The Bill recommends 35 kilograms of food grains for below poverty line households per month at subsidised rates at the rate 3 rupees per kg of rice and 2 rupees per kg of wheat. General households will have the right to 20 kgs at a price not exceeding 50% of the Minimum Support Price paid to farmers for the food grains. The historic Food Security Bill entitles 75% of country’s population to highly-subsidized food grains.
The Bill envisages a strong grievance redressal and monitoring system from the Centre to the block levels. These include creation of an independent and empowered district grievance redressal officer.