Congress in an attempt to stick to the “promise made to the people” prepared a new food security bill, which is to reconcile and rework an earlier plan on fiscal constraints. The UPA government had pulled the plug on a previous draft, after it was found wanting by the Congress leadership in August last year. A striking feature to be noted is that the National Advisory Council which oversees the government’s welfare agenda was led by Sonia Gandhi who made slew recommendations like keeping the country’s food distribution system open regardless of poverty status.

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Advocate Mahesh Sonak who is appearing for Raj Bhavan was directed by the division bench of Bombay High Court at Goa, comprising of Justice S A Bobde and FM Reis, to advice and instruct the Public Information Officer (PIO) to not to deny information to other applications under the Right to Information Act on the reason that a matter was pending in the High Court.

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