A huge cheap-food scheme to influence voters will not end malnutrition in India

by The Economist

“HISTORIC” and “unparalleled” were the words Sonia Gandhi, boss of the ruling Congress party, used to describe India’s new food law at a launch in Delhi on August 20th. She promised an end to hunger for the poor.

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