The issue of subsidised food in Parliament has periodically caused heartburn, live TV coverage in particular has certainly done much to kee...

Food items in Parliament canteen will be much dearer from tomorrow, with the rates being hiked in varying degrees in view of controversies ...

Raising the issue as soon as the Rajya Sabha met for the day, Agarwal said there was a "conspiracy to sully the image of members of Parliam...

Amid controversy over subsidy being extended to Parliament canteen, a Congress member today urged the Lok Sabha Speaker to ensure that food...

Any hike in the rate would mostly affect the Parliament employees who make up for a majority of those having their food in the canteens, he...

Reddy said that the Committee has found that those availing the canteen facility the most are class four employees of Parliament.

Baijayant Panda demanded removal of food subsidy extended to the Parliamentarians in Parliament canteen to raise public trust and confidenc...

The cost for procuring raw items of dish like stew vegetables comes to about Rs 41.25 while the MPs are getting it for Rs 4 which is a subs...

The food law was to be implemented within a year after its passage in Parliament. The government has extended deadline for implementation o...

Non-implementing states would have to buy PDS foodgrains for distribution to APL families at a minimum support price from the Centre.

Last year, Parliament passed the Food Security Act that gave legal entitlement to highly subsidised foodgrains to two-thirds of India's pop...

The Food Security Act (FSA) proposes to cover up to 75 per cent of the rural population and up to 50 per cent of the urban population.

The government has no plans to take the Ordinance route to implement the UPA government's ambitious National Food Security Bill.

The Right to Food Bill, which proposes to give more subsidised grains to the poor, would be introduced only in the winter session.

Under the draft National Food Security Bill, the Centre has proposed to give a legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains to both BPL and A...

The Bill aims to provide the poor a legal guarantee for cheaper rice and wheat and was a part of the Congress' 2009 election manifesto.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government is committed to tabling the National Food Security Bill in Parliament soon.