Food Security Bill likely to hurt the poor more

The Food Security Bill cleared by the Cabinet is likely to hurt the poor more than it helps them. India already has 54.7 million tonnes of rice and wheat lying as stocks with the Centre and the states, 29.7 million tonnes of grain in excess of the buffer stocking norm. Offtake of rice in the current fiscal year has been 74% of the allotment, and that of wheat, 64%. The residual will keep adding to the grain mountain with the government, which will rot, due to poor storage, be eaten by rats and be pilfered. By cornering huge volumes of grain, the government reduces the supply in the open market, putting upward pressure on prices.By banning exports every now and then, it depresses prices. This irrationality is set to be replicated on a much bigger scale, if the proposed Food Security Bill becomes law. This is not to say that the goal of ensuring food security for the people is either unworthy or undoable. It is neither.Explore here Restaurants in Delhi
Rather, the government is going about it in the most inefficient, unintelligent fashion possible. The world demand for food is set to climb, thanks to steady growth in the poorer regions of the world and increasing diversion of corn to biofuel. The right way to guarantee every Indian food security is to act to make India a major source of the additional food the world demands, to invest in agricultural growth: in harnessing water for scientific irrigation, in extension of know-how as well as in R&D, in rural roads that provide vital physical linkage to markets, in electronic spot exchanges, in scientific storage and efficient transport logistics, in developing as close a link as possible between the farmer and the first stage of food processing and in providing proper regulation of financial markets in agricultural commodities, futures, derivatives and insurance.The employment guarantee scheme is a vital part of food security, as a self-selecting scheme of doles for the truly needy. Enhancing earning power through farm growth is the right strategy, supplemented with cash transfers to the poor. Instead of doing all this, if investible resources are diverted to gargantuan subsidy, the government would forgo a possible future of prosperity, to lay its hands on a populist present. If we talk about metro cities many people eat food in Restaurants due to there busy schedule, also some people have habitual of eating food in Restaurants, But those are Not under BPL Category .Explore hare Restaurant in Bangalore.
Source "economictimes"

In December Restaurants seems to be Price hiked

December seems to be the month that hoteliers choose to hike their rates and impact one's eating out budget. Last December, the hoteliers had opted for a hike in rates of eatables citing increase in vegetable prices and LPG. This time too, it is a similar story with eateries in the city deciding to notch up their rates in the range of Rs. 2 to Rs. 5 for idlis, vadas and dosas, excluding coffee and tea. Many restaurants and darshinis increased prices on Friday citing escalating price of commercial LPG as the major reason. Oil marketing companies increased the price of a 19-kg LPG commercial cylinder by Rs. 65 from December 1, with the price now at Rs. 1,359. K.N. Vasudeva  Adiga, president of the Bruhat Bangalore Hotels Association, justified the price hike saying that the steady rise in the price of commercial LPG over the last three years has cut into the profits of the hotel industry, leaving them with no option but to increase the cost of food items.
He said, “The increase in prices of different commodities and power also has an impact on the price hike. The rise in petrol prices is adding to the transportation cost.” Correspondingly, the increasing standard of living in the city is an issue with their staff. Restaurant owners have no recourse but to increase wages of their staff. Explore Restaurants in Bangalore here. STAFF CONCERNS : -  “The staff need to be paid more as everything in the city is becoming costlier. A worker who was being paid Rs. 5,000 a month earlier, cannot continue with the same pay. Some workers just quit the job as the pay is not satisfactory. The struggle to maintain a good team has also been a major trigger for the price hike,” Mr. Adiga said.  However, regular customers beg to differ. K. Subbu Krishna, a software engineer, said, “Only last December, the hoteliers had increased the prices by a huge margin. Citing increase in the price of LPG is not right; commercial LPG prices had crossed Rs. 1,400 per 19-kg cylinder when the hoteliers had increased the prices.  ‘NO JUSTIFICATION'  :- Mr. Krishna said the fresh hike comes at a time when the cost of pulses and cereals has almost stabilised. Hoteliers appear to be exploiting the hapless clientele who they know will not move out to roadside food carts because of hygiene issues, he lamented. Blue Spice Bangalore is the Restaurant which is providing the currently Chinese, Continental  cuisine .Pub Facility is also available here. The foodies can eat here their favorite Food Items.