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• Ordinance on Food Security
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• Creation of Strike Corps along China Border approved
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Ordinance on Food Security

President Pranab Mukherjee signed the ordinance on food
security on 5 July 2013 which seeks to give legal rights to 67 per cent of the
population over subsidised grains every month. Now, with the presidential
consent, the bill will be presented before the Parliament when it convenes for
the Monsoon Session. The Government had issued the ordinance to give nations
two-third population the right to get 5 kgs of foodgrains every month at
highly subsidised rates of 1-3 Rupees per kg amid political opposition. The food
security arrangements will be the largest in the world after implementation,
with the government spending estimated at one lakh 25 thousand crore rupees
annually on supply of about 62 million tonnes of rice, wheat and coarse cereals
to 67 per cent of the population. The Food Security Bill was tabled during the
budget session of Parliament, but was not taken up for discussion because of
opposition-led disturbances of proceedings arising out of scamrelated
allegations.

Creation of Strike Corps along China Border approved

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on 17 July 2013 gave
an approval to the proposal of Army to raise a Mountain Strike Corps along the
entire Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. The committee also
gave its go ahead to deployment of 50000 additional troops along the border with
China at an expense of 65000 crore rupees. The Cabinet Committee on Security
headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared the proposal after a meet. The
proposal got the clearance from CCS after the return of Defence Minister, A.K.
Antony from Beijing. This would be the fourth Strike Corp of India and has been
designed mainly for offensive operations into enemy land, whereas, the mountain
corps is the first dedicated strike corps for offensive mountain warfare. The
other three strike corps in existence is based close to border of Pakistan and
is armed to fight land battle. The existing Strike Corps in the force include
the 1, 2 and 21 Corps. As per the proposed plan, the Mountain Strike Corps will
have its headquarters at Panagarh in West Bengal with two of its divisions in
Bihar and Assam and other units from Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal
Pradesh.

For the first time, this strike corps would provide India the
capability to launch offensive action into the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).
For rapid reaction, the corps will have two high-altitude divisions also. In
2009- 10, two new infantry divisions at Lekhapani and Missamari were raised in
Assam and are tasked for defending Arunachal Pradesh. To enhance the missile and
fighter capabilities along the borders of China, India is looking forward for
development of infrastructure to match-up with the military capabilities of
China. Whereas, China by now has developed five fully-operational airbases,
58000 km of roads an extensive rail network along the Indian border and.
Following the provisions of plan, Indian Air Force (IAF) would deploy assets of
force multiplier mid-air refueling tankers, C-130J Super Hercules Special
operations Aircraft at the headquarters of Strike Corps at Panagarh. The Army
will also get a number of new armoured and artillery divisions along with it to
be deployed along the Northeast region.

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