Right to Food Campaign rejects the draft EGoM National Food Security Act,2010
Honorable Prime Minister,We the members of Right to Food Campaign are writing to you to express our deep distress at the proposed draft bill of the National Food Security Act. From all accounts in the... continue reading »
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"It is not pro-poor and will not able to address food security of rural poor."
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"We need to build a strong campaign against the bill"
"To put a cap of 25kg of foodgrain per month per family in a country that has earned notoriety as the nation with the highest numbers of the malnourished is nothing short of abidication by the government of its most fundamental duty to its citizens"
"We vehemently oppose the most anti poor Bill/ Act 2010 that reduces the quantlty of rice under PDS from 35 K.. to 25 k.g. which may lead to situation of hunger death to the poor people in India"
"I strongly urge the government to make right to food universal since the poorest sections of our society still do not have access to BPL cards."
"The Act is propoor and anti-inflation oriented"
"Right to Food in actuality is not materialised in complete form. For most of the vulnerable people it is not made known and the Government did not take proper steps to generate awarenes on these aspects."
"no comment"
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"support the campaign"
"A strong campaign against the bill in the grassroot level is needed"
"Right to food to all and stop child malnutrition in India"