Right to Food act to be brought out soon: HM of India

Chennai, Apr 18 (PTI) Union Home Minister of India P
Chidambaram on Sunday said the Centre would soon come out with
a comprehensive Right to Food Act.

"After the Right to Information Act, Right to Work Act
and Right to Education Act, the Government is working on a
Right to food Act, which will be enforced soon," he said at a
function in the south Indian city, Chennai.
He claimed that the Congress-led United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) government's rights based approach has ensured
faster economic growth, benefiting all sections of society in
the country.
On the education front, he said disbursement of loans and
scholarships to students, especially Dalits, has reached
"unprecedented levels" under the UPA government.
In 2008-2009, education loans worth Rs 25,000 crore were
disbursed to poor students and this figure was expected to go
up to Rs 45,000 crore during 2009-2010, benefiting about 25
lakh students, he said.
The UPA government, he said, was pursuing a strong
economic policy, reflected in allocation of special component
plan, which increased from Rs 6,500 crore in 2006-2006 to
about Rs 22,000 crore in 2009. PTI SNR
AHM


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