Food ordinance and early warning The UPAII has brought in the ordinance two weeks before the Parliament session. They were not able to bring it in the first 100 days ,blaming the disruptive policies of the opposition not only BJP, but S,P., Trinamool Congress, DMK. BSP etc., when it was indeed placed for discussions. Though it may be legally right, yet bypassing the Parliament on this important bill involving lakhs of crores is an unhealthy practice. The colossal sums of public money must not be frittered away. Pranab M. had said that that consensus is the soul of democracy, and Congress is now shying away from discussion. UPA II had not been able to start the pet project of UPAII Chairperson in over 9 yrs 2 months .The route to ordinance is only in extreme emergencies, even though it may be placed in the Parliament within 6 months and then discussions can follow .Congress is defensive in this hurried ordinance in a high handed manner, suffocating the democratic process. Congress is sounding the bugle of social concern, camouflaging the advantage in electoral politics of appeasing the vote banks. BJP under NDA had also resorted to it, so do all the state parties in power
The implementation is to be by the state parties, which are successfully carrying on food distribution at subsidised rates .Their experience in innovation, creativity should have been studied. The system for efficiency, leakages, transparency, storage, accountability corruption should have prefaced such a bill of food security Whether there is mechanism in states prepared to implement the scheme With 40% of leakages considered normal, it will only fatten the middle men and it is a colossal wastage of scare resources From where the finances will come to fund this gigantic initiative deserve serious consideration. The leakages in public distribution are there for all to see. The S.C in 2010 had requested the rotting rains In god owns to be distributed to the hungry poor, but to no avail It is believed that 4 % of the population of India is hungry, and 40% are malnourished India is the country with most malnourished population sustaining on Rs 17 per day as concluded by our own authorities. Can limited quota of rice and wheat alone, without oil and pulses banish the scourge of malnutrition? Empirical data does not support this hypothesis and the States distributing food have not overcome malnutrition The UPA II is it announcing early general elections in conjunction with state elections? No one is opposing the food security bill, as UPA II presumes, The Parliament session could have been pre ponned, special session could have been called or at least waited for the parliament to be assembled soon This unilateral ordinance is suspect of the intention of the Congress ,disguised as opposition disagreement and possible hindrance to its passage Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
