Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking five amendments to the Food Security Ordinance.
Labelling it a Food 'Insecurity' Ordinance, the Chief Minister said that the bill should be passed only after consultations with the states. She also demanded that the proportion of urban population eligible under the programme be increased from 50 per cent to cover the "entire urban population". Below is the full text of her letter.
Labelling it a Food 'Insecurity' Ordinance, the Chief Minister said that the bill should be passed only after consultations with the states. She also demanded that the proportion of urban population eligible under the programme be increased from 50 per cent to cover the "entire urban population". Below is the full text of her letter.
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