India's cheap food plan falls short on scope, quality

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India's cheap food plan falls short on scope, quality

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/indias-cheap-food-plan-falls-short-scope-quality-141950970.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0I3V_4Ub6gMV8hZFjWnvHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T141950Z_1_CBRE97013T600_RTROPTP_2_INDIA-WELFARE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A mother feeds her malnourished child in the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre of Sheopur district" align="left" title="A mother feeds her malnourished child in the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre of Sheopur district" border="0" /></a>By Jo Winterbottom and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's multi-billion dollar plan to give cheap grain to 67 percent of its population bypasses some of the needy and does not tackle malnutrition, said the chief minister of Chhattisgarh state, which gives 90 percent of its people low-cost food. With an eye to elections which are due by May 2014, the Congress-led government last month sidestepped parliament by launching its $22 billion food subsidy plan with an ordinance, which brings it into law immediately. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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