INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Union minister Piyush Goyal will meet states' food ministers to discuss setting up of a food gridGovernment will hold a meeting with states'
food ministers on Thursday to discuss the modalities of starting a community kitchen for the poor and creating a "national food grid".The
meeting, which would be chaired by minister of food and public distribution Piyush Goyal, is being held after the Supreme Court's
Card", Aadhaar-seeding of ration cards and biometric authentication of transactions in fair price shops are some of the other issues which
are also to be discussed during the meeting, official sources said.Looking at the significance of the matter, food secretary Sudhanshu
scheme.Many states like Odisha and Tamil Nadu run community kitchens and give cooked food at reasonable rates.Hearing a writ petition filed
jointly by activists Anun Dhawan, Ishann Dhawan and Kunjana Singh that prayed for setting up community kitchens and establishment of a
national food grid, the top court had asked the government on November 16 to hold a meeting and frame the policy in three weeks'
asked them to implement it on "mission mode".
