NEW DELHI, July 13:
The flagship Food Security Scheme of the UPA Government, to provide cheap foodgrains to 82 crore people, will roll out in the national capital on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s birthday on August 20.
The Food Security scheme, a pet project of UPA government, which will ensure subsidised foodgrains to nearly 67 per cent of the population of India, is being seen as a game changer for Congress ahead of the Assembly polls in five states and the 2014 Lok Sabha Polls.
Assembly polls to five states, including Delhi, are scheduled to be held in November-December.
Delhi will be the first state to roll out the scheme.
The announcement of the launch was made today after a meeting between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party Chief Ministers and PCC chiefs.
In what could be seen as strategy by the Congress to derive maximum electoral gains from the Food Security Ordinance, the Congress president met all the party Chief Ministers and state Pradesh Congress Committee chiefs to discuss ways for speedy implementation of the scheme and ensure its widespread public awareness.
The meeting, also attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Food Minister K V Thomas, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, AICC General secretaries-in charge of various states, deliberated on ways for speedy implementation of the scheme and ensure its widespread awareness among the public.
The objective of the … Picking up para one, line one of DI11, Politics-Congress-Lead Food Security Ordinance Two Last New Delhi.(UNI)
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