Top Law News Why can’t surplus grain be sold to poor, asks apex court May 11, 2011 / May 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the central government, which admitted to shortcomings in the public distribution system, why it could not give the surplus food grain that it couldn’t store to hungry people at subsidised rates. ‘Why can’t you give it at subsidised rates to the hungry populace. You have it. You can’t store […] Read more » apex court Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma poor sold Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium Supreme Court surplus grain
Top Law News Foodgrain for poor: Pawar attracts apex courts ire August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for saying that the court had only made a suggestion and not passed an order on distributing foodgrain “free” to the poor. Referring to media reports attributed to Pawar wherein he said that the court only made a suggestion Aug 12 and the government […] Read more » apex courts attracts Foodgrain ire Pawar poor
Top Law News Distribute free food to poor: Supreme Court August 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an order of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government to distribute free foodgrains to families below the poverty line. It also asked the state governments to tell whether they were distributing 35 kg of foodgrains to each of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families that was allocated to them […] Read more » Distribute free food poor Supreme Court