India is extraordinary and incredible things do happen. Over 30 lakh tons of grains are rotten. Reason? There is no 'sufficient place' to store. Astonishingly the value of the rotten grain is estimated to the tune of Rs 58,000 crore.
This is sheer criminal negligence. Moreover it is certainly 'national shame'. With this kind of governance we should forget competing against Japan, China, USA, and UK for coveted tag of 'world superpower'. Mind you this is level of administration of one the most basic necessity of life.
It is widely believed that Supreme Court of India is one of the most powerful courts in the world. It is institution of last recourse in matters relating to malfunctioning of the executive.
Supreme Court reprimanded the central government that it is not suggesting to distribute food grain to poorest of poor free of cost, it is actually 'ordering'. Article 21 of the Constitution compels the government to protect the right to life of all Indian citizens.
This invited might of Prime Minister to intervene and tell the honourable court to stay out of 'policy making'.
All said and done we should not forget that with these food grains almost 250 lakhs of families could have been fed for 10 years!
What is the solution? PM says nothing comes free - especially food! And this would affect farmers and they will be de-motivated in long term. Less said the better about our public distribution system.
If there is proposal of right to education, why not right to food. At least something would be done in right way. In a country where more than a third of total population live below the poverty line and millions go with just one meal a day, right to food is required!
