date:Mar 20, 2013
India's total food subsidy is seen at 1.3 trillion rupees ($23.98 billion) to cover expenditure for its Food Security Bill which aims to expand cheap food provision for the poor, Food Minister K.V. Thomas said on Tuesday.
However, the amendments to the bill approved by cabinet on Tuesday say the estimated food subsidy is about 1.25 trillion rupees.
The federal budget puts spending on food subsidies for 2013/14 at 900 billion rupees and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said in his speech announc