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[Polity] Chhattisgarh Food Security Bill 2012: Salient Features

1. Who is not covered?

2. Who gets benefit?

3. Arguments: Chhattisgarh Food Security bill

. !ational Food Security "ill fiasco #$irect Cash transfer?

%1: Fiscal $eficit

%2: &dentification of "eneficiaries

%3: lac' (an)o*er and Administrative machinary

+. Some Food ,uotes for thought

Who is not covered?

Following families have een e!cluded from the enefits of Chhattisgarh Food security Bill:

1" #hose who $ay income ta! or $ro$erty ta!

2" #hose who own over % hectares of irrigated or & hectares of non'irrigated land in non'scheduled areas

(iven these conditions) only 10* of Chhattisgarh residents will e e!cluded) and +0* of the $ulic will get the enefits of Food security"

Who gets benefit?

,veryone who doesn-t fall in aove category) is covered under Food security ill"

#he $eo$le are then classified into three categories and given enefits accordingly

household Antyodaya priority General

foodgrain 35 kg for Rs.1/kg 35kg for Rs.2/kg Rice @9.50!heat @Rs.".50#a$ 15 kg

iodi%ed salt free free &'

(lack gra) 2 kg for Rs.5/kg 2kg for Rs.5kg &'

*ulses 2kg for Rs.10 2kg for Rs.10/kg &'

Cost to the State treasury. /early s 2)00 crore"
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#hat is almost * of Chattisgarh state-s (3P"

-ther features:

1" covers the $ulic distriution system) school meals) anganwadis 4including ta5e'home rations for $regnant6lactating women andchildren under three

2" f ree meals for the dest itute and homeless"

7" 8t $rovides for not 9ust food grain 4what) rice etc ut also gram) iodi;ed salt"

%" Plus the food given to children 4under mid'day meal $regnant women and lactating mothers) will have additional nutritionalstandards li5e calorie and $rotein value"

" ation cards would e issued on the name of the eldest woman in a family" 4


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ta$ or on (ig far) land.

ut a lot of people ho can

otherise (uy food at )arket rate are

also co+ered for +ote(ank purpose.

his ill unnecessarily increase

fiscal deficit of the tate.

Go+ern)ent should only care for

e$tre)ely poor people and not

e+eryone ho can afford to li+eithout state support.

pro+ide the) ith cheaper foodgrains so hate+er)oney is sa+ed the fa)ily can spend it on other things

such as education.

!ational Food Security "ill fiasco #$irect Cash transfer?

DP> (overnment at the centre) also wanted to introduce /ational food security" But this dream hasn-t materiali;ed 9ust li5e those non'seriousa$$licants in DPSC and other com$etitive e!am" t the same time)

he also wants to sell chea$ food grain) so from whose $oc5et will the difference come outE viously ta!'$ayers-"

But $eo$le cannot e ta!ed eyond a level" >nd (overnment-s outgoing money 4,!$enditure is already high than5s to fuel)fertili;er susidies and defense $urchases"

ne can loo5 at the recent hi5e in $etrol) GP( as a measure to reduce outgoing money) to ma5e room for affording the Food

security >ct 4or similar other scheme"

(overnment tried to increase the incoming money y disinvestment 4that is selling (overnment-s shares in PSDs ut investors

are not interested in uying shares at high $rice) hence Hmoney collection target- is not achieved"

%2: &dentification of "eneficiaries

1" #here is already disagreement etween Planning Commission and various ministries over @who should get how much susidi;edfoodgrain"A

2" DP> wants the /ational Food security >ct to have a @Com$rehensive coverageA 4.@mar5eting'shoc5IvalueA during elections"

7" For e!am$le Chhattisgarh Food security gives enefit to everyone e!ce$t those who $ay income ta!6 $ro$erty ta!6 own ig farm'land. +0* $ulic covered) only 10* $eo$le are not'eligile" So this is wide coverage"

%" Similarly States such as #amilnadu already have $rovision for very chea$ food grains"

" So) if eneficiary coverage is Hsmall- 4e"g" only those earning less than s"70006month are covered) then it won-t createthe marketing shock valuefor elections"


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" Jence @wide'coverageA necessary ut to do such Hwide'coverage- on a national'scale.Kneed truc5load of cash) which central(overnment doesn-t have"

?" >nd if (overnment tries to im$lement food security without increasing its incoming money 4evenue) it-ll lead to huge fiscaldeficit. other $rolems such as inflation) de$reciation of ru$ee) decline in 88P etc" 4more e!$lained in earlier fiscal deficit article"

&" So =ohan will have to nit'$ic5 on who should get how much chea$ foodgrain . new survey) new 83 cards need to eissued. lengthy and time consuming $rocess) cannot e finished efore 201% Go5 Saha election"

%3: lac' (an)o*er and Administrative machinary

Chhattisgarh is a small state) so not very difficult to administer such food security scheme"

But for a country large as 8ndia) Central (overnment doesn-t have the infrastructure or man$ower to im$lement Food security on

its own"

>nd doing this food security wor5 via State (overnment-s machinery . o$ens u$ room for all sort of corru$tion) lea5ages"

#herefore =ohan seems to have concluded that Food Security is an im$lausile idea in its $resent form" Better 9ust to send

money directly to an5 accounts of $oor $eo$le) rather than relying on State >dministrative machinery to run a full'fledged foodsecurity >ct"

Jence he recently announced @3irect cash transferA $rior to (u9arat) JP elections which asically hints that food security has

ta5en a ac5seat for @3irect cash transferA scheme"

Some Food ,uotes for thought

on Centrally S)onsored Schemes

1" #he 4Pun9a state government is of the view that the centrally's$onsored schemes do not serve desired $ur$ose and should eaolished and the state should e given their earmar5ed allocation as un'tied grants" States are in a etter $osition to leverage theirstrengths and utilise the funds according to their develo$ment needs" (Statement of Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal in NDC meeting.

2" 12thFive Lear $lan document s$o5e of one more sham e!ercise in which the so'called centrally's$onsored schemes are to eaolished with fund transfers to states" Dndoutedly) they would e reorn in another guise" (!amilandu CM "ayalalitha #NDCmeeting

7" States have different $riorities from the centre and should not e as5ed to $artially fund central schemes" (Madhya Pradesh CM

Shivraj Singh Chauhan #NDC

%" 12thFive Lear $lan document is 9ust an a$$roach to centralise the $ulic resources with government of 8ndia in terms of deciding$riorities and nature of develo$ment schemes" Country-s resources should e allocated to the state and central $lanseuallyA" ($arnataka Chief Minister "agdish Shettar.

" >n im$ression has een created that the government is all set to launch D83'enaled cash transfers on a mass scale efore the201% elections" #his is very misleading) and loo5s li5e an attem$t to ma5e $eo$le rush to D83 enrollment centres" (Statement made by%our members of the N&C ' including &runa oy ) former N&C members "ean Dre*e and MS S+aminathan

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