NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi raising the issue of ‘chronic food insecurity’ faced by lakhs of people owing to the national lockdown and suggested ways to tackle it.
This is Gandhi's fourth letter to Modi since the 21-day lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. Making a case for free access to food entitlements, Gandhi’s key suggestions on Monday included extending 10 kg grains per person to National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries for three months till September this year, for six months for those who do not have ration cards and releasing of food grains to states. “Lakhs of vulnerable people across the country face chronic food insecurity due