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Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar government is not in a position to implement the proposed Food Security Bill in its present form because the NDA is opposed to certain provisions mentioned in the present draft for the Bill.
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Talking to newsmen in Patna on Tuesday deputy Chief Minister, Sushil Kumar Modi, said the state does not have adequate resources to implement the provisions. Bihar did not object to the implementation of the Food Security scheme, but due to some of its provisions it would have to incur heavy expenses in its execution.
He said the execution of the food security scheme would create a financial crisis if implemented in toto. Heavy fund is required for implementing the scheme in a state like Bihar.
However, food security was an ambitious scheme and the Centre should make available the resources required for its implementation. There are apprehensions that problems that cropped up during the implementation of the Right to Education Act and Sarva Sikasha Abhiyan, would recur in implementing the proposed Food Security Bill. The state government is asked to bear the expenses on a legislation enacted by the Centre.
The deputy chief minister said if the Bill is presented in Parliament it would be opposed by the NDA MPs.
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