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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, CMD, Biocon Ltd
"It is a well intentioned scheme by the government. But implementing it in a fair, equitable and transparent manner is going to be a big challenge for the government. A large population of the country requires food, which is nutritious and ensuring food security to them is a grand challenge for the governments. While implementing it, the government needs to ensure that the misuse of food grains is avoided. At the same time, the farmers should not be burdened with the cost of subsidising the supply. It should not be detrimental to certain sections of the society.”
Harsh Mariwala, CMD, Marico
“I am not against welfare measures, but the timing of the ordinance on food security is not right. It has been done with an eye on the polls. What I would have preferred is a focus on reforms, building infrastructure and clearing supply-side bottlenecks. That is the need of the hour in my view.”
Pramod Bhasin, Non-Executive Vice Chairman, Genpact
"We have been guaranteeing so many things being it food or jobs, but does the country has enough money for it? I also wish that the time politicians spend on these Bills, they should also dedicate an equal amount of resources towards implementing it and putting the right supply chain in place to make sure that half of it doesn't go waste."
Ashok Soota, IT industry veteran & founder of IT firm Happiest Minds
"I support the concept of building the country's prosperity and productivity by ensuring its health. And any scheme will have a negative spill over, but the positives outnumber the negative.The basic infrastructure is all there, it just needs to be operationalised."
