{"id":94347,"date":"2001-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-02-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-to-provide-sugar-through-pds-to-all-the-consumers-in-kerala-on-27-february-2001"},"modified":"2015-12-10T13:32:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T08:02:31","slug":"need-to-provide-sugar-through-pds-to-all-the-consumers-in-kerala-on-27-february-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-to-provide-sugar-through-pds-to-all-the-consumers-in-kerala-on-27-february-2001","title":{"rendered":"Need To Provide Sugar Through Pds To All The Consumers In Kerala. on 27 February, 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Lok Sabha Debates<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Need To Provide Sugar Through Pds To All The Consumers In Kerala. on 27 February, 2001<\/div>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>Title: Need to provide sugar through PDS to all the consumers in Kerala.\n<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=%20%0A%0ASHRI%20T.%20GOVINDAN%20\"> <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=SHRI%20T.%20GOVINDAN%20\">SHRI T. GOVINDAN <\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/a>(<a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=KASARGOD\"><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=KASARGOD\">KASARGOD<\/a><\/a>): The Union Cabinet has recently decided to do away with the distribution of PDS levy sugar to those above poverty line. This decision has come when the income tax assessees and their family members have already been removed from the ambit of ration sugar with effect from July, 2000. This decision will adversely affect the Public Distribution System in Kerala as no sugar is produced in the State. Moreover, the decision of the Central Government will push up the price of sugar in the open market. The matter has already been brought to the attention of the Central Government. But the Government has taken no decision in this regard. <\/p>\n<p>In the circumstances, I would request the Government to take immediate action so as to enable all the consumers in the State to draw PDS sugar.\n<\/p>\n<p>(ends) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lok Sabha Debates Need To Provide Sugar Through Pds To All The Consumers In Kerala. on 27 February, 2001 Title: Need to provide sugar through PDS to all the consumers in Kerala. SHRI T. GOVINDAN (KASARGOD): The Union Cabinet has recently decided to do away with the distribution of PDS levy sugar to those above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Need To Provide Sugar Through Pds To All The Consumers In Kerala. on 27 February, 2001 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/need-to-provide-sugar-through-pds-to-all-the-consumers-in-kerala-on-27-february-2001\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Need To Provide Sugar Through Pds To All The Consumers In Kerala. on 27 February, 2001 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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