Supreme Court says do away with fair price shops

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PTI: New Delhi, Feb 08 2013, 20:38 IST

Tags: NFSB | PDS | Justice D P Wadhwa Committee | Business News

can be implemented by way of an executive order in the interregnum".

He told the bench the implementation of the provisions of the bill entails an additional central financial burden of around Rs 23,000 crore on account of food subsidy and exact amount of subsidy may vary depending upon the final shape of the NFSB while getting its approval in Parliament.

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venkataramanaiah ramu | 09-Feb-2013Reply | Forward

the system suggested by the supreme court was in vogue quite sometime back and because of the usual govt machinery's inefficiency, it got the present shape and of course a re-trial could be made since the time Anna Hazare effect etc., might make a difference and we may expect a better system.