Officials of the food, agriculture and finance ministries will meet the state and central ministers concerned in a bid to thrash out objections raised by the states over the proposed Food Security Bill. The two-day conference that begins on Wednesday will also take up the creation of additional infrastructure for grain storage.Enhancement of grain storage capacities at the state levels from the current 55 million tonne (mt) to around 65 mt for meeting the requirements of the proposed food law and elimination of bogus ration cards from to reduce pilferage and modernisation of the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) would be key issues that would discussed at the national conference.
Source: Financial Express
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