No one — including the Union Government — seems to know how much the implementation of the Food Security Bill will cost per year — Rs 25,000 crore? Rs 100,000 crore? Rs 200,000 crore? What every Indian with a double digit IQ, however, knows for a fact is that much of the grains sent off to the states will never reach their targeted consumers. Forget for a moment that the Bill totally ignores the most pressing food problem in India — that of malnutrition. Consider only how much government money will be wasted, as dishonest officials will make merry. Read More

Jyothi Shankaran

    Jyothi’s last role was as Senior Editor with the business news channel Bloomberg TV India. He also worked as News Editor at business-standard.com, the online version of the business newspaper Business Standard. Jyothi is a chemical engineer from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar.