President Pranab Mukherjee signed ordinance on Food Security on Friday which provide highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the country’s population at Rs 1-3 per kg.

The Food Security programme when implemented will be the biggest in the world with the government spending estimated at Rs 125,000 crore annually on supply of about 62 million tonnes of rice, wheat and coarse cereals to 67 per cent of the population.