food security bill promises to alleviate hunger and guarantee very cheap food to India’s poor but there are concerns it has not been properly thought through and could become unsustainable. P. K. Joshi‚ South Asia director of the International Food Policy Research Institute‚ a think-tank headquartered in Washington‚ talked to The Wall Street Journal about the pros and cons of the bill and what it will mean for India. Edited excerpts: The Wall Street Journal: The food security bill sounds like a
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FOOD SECURITY BILL:- The National Food Security Bill 2011 promises a legal right to cheap food for the poorest in the country. While India currently provides subsidized wheat and rice to the poor‚ this legislation would make food cheaper and provide more of it to poor families. The bill aims to cover 75 percent of rural households and 50 percent of urban households. So far‚ discussion of the bill in the Indian media has focused on the cost of providing more cheap food – the bill would increase
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Bill Gates: Personal Life Born on October 28‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington‚ William H. Gates III was the second child and only son of his parents‚ William Henry Gates Jr. and Mary Maxwell. His father is a prominent Seattle attorney‚ and his late mother was a school teacher‚ regent at the University of Washington and chairperson of the United Way International. Kristi‚ his older sister‚ later became his tax accountant and Libby‚ his younger sister‚ lives in Seattle raising her two children. (Bill
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knowing that they have eye vision problems. Try thinking about being someone’s friend being told to turn around from a restaurant because the color of their skin. Will the world ever change? Will the violence ever stop? Are we still fighting for our rights in today’s world? This a glimpse of what my great grandmother’s generation went through as she aged. My great grandmother‚ Virginia Lee King‚ witnessed the most terrifying events from 1922 to the year she died‚ 1983. The major events that she witnessed
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Civil Rights Museum The Civil Rights Movements are a big part of U.S. history. It ”was a social‚ political‚ and economic revolution in which Africa Americans fought against racial segregation and discrimination rooted in the days of slavery.” (Riggs 2nd ed Vol. 1) It shows that Americans fight for what they believe in despite people’s opposing opinions. These movements include fighting for African American’s rights‚ women’s rights‚ the mentally ill‚ and prison reforms. Each of these reforms show
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My Opinion on the Advantages of RH Bill After a decade of long battle‚ the Philippines’ legislature approved the most controversial House Bill No. 96 authored by Rep. Edcel Lagman‚ also known as Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2010 which was approved by the legislative body last December 17‚ 2012‚ a landmark piece of legislation that will allow the government to provide basic funding for sex education and contraceptives. Actually‚ this was introduced more than 10
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| Leadership | | Leadership of Bill Gates | Group 11 July 30‚ 2012 North South University Summer 2012 MGT321 Section: 12 Report Prepared for: Mohammad MujibulHoque (MJB) TOPIC – Leadership of Bill Gates Prepared by: Group 11 TEAM PROFILE Information | Signature | Rafat Mahmud 103 0093 530Email: rafat.m.alvee@gmail.comContract no: +8801737165879 | | Arjumand Ara Shabnam 113 0032 530Email: arjumand.shabnam@gmail.comContract
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Kevin Bowman Mr. Johnston AP Language – 7th 4 October 2012 Persuasive Essay A helpless teen guy‚ beaten and mugged‚ left on the street. When asked by police what happened‚ he is eventually turned away‚ and the assailants never searched for to be charged with the crime. One crucial detail separates this crime from most others; the guy that was beaten was gay. Prejudice and stereotypes are a common part of today’s world‚ but they hurt and degrade others and both are morally wrong. Whether it
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Compare and Contrast essay on equal rights "This type of legal marriage must be forbidden because natural instinct revolts it as wrong" Throughout the history of the United States‚ there has been a class system that tried to define the people who lived here. The people who started this system gave large rights to those who would benefit from it‚ while at the same time restrict those they deemed unworthy of such privilege. In the beginning this burden fell mainly on the slaves who built the
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The Bill of Rights‚ Then and Now By Veronica Majerol This article is an information piece talking about the difference between the Bill of Rights in 1791‚ and the Bill of Rights today. In this article the author talks about the first 10 amendments to the Constitution and the debates that are still stirring almost 220 years later. John Adams called the Constitution “the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen.” Many other people thought that
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