The Lok Sabha had passed the bill on Monday Aug 26,2013 while the Rajya Sabha gave its nod on Sep 2,2013
The Lok Sabha sat till late in the night to deliberate on a number of amendments that were moved by several members after a six-hour long debate on the Bill.The lengthy process of going through a volley of amendments to the Bill and subsequent division, demanded by many members, took more than three hours as the House sat till late on Monday night to complete the tedious legislative process
The Rajya Sabha on Monday Sep 2,2013 approved by voice vote the government’s motion
to pass the National Food Security Bill amid chaos and procedural
wrangling over Opposition members’ insistence on a vote on their major
amendments to the Bill.
A Statutory Resolution Moved by Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley
“disapproving the National Food Security Ordinance (No. 7 of 2013)
promulgated by the President on July 5, 2013” was negated. Ninety-two
members backed the resolution, while 118 members opposed it
The govt did not move any official amendment, and none of the 237
amendments moved by the Opposition, mainly the BJP, the CPI(M), the CPI,
the AIADMK and the Akali Dal, were carried.
The law will soon be notified in the Govt Gazette, after which it will come into effect
Note
Under the provisions of the bill, beneficiaries are to be able to purchase 5 kilograms per eligible person per month of cereals at the following prices -
- Rice at Rs3/kg
- Wheat at Rs 2/kg
- Coarse Grains at Re 1/kg
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