Meanings of subsidise food in English

But do not subsidise food.

Governments which subsidise food and fuel prices have been left in dire fiscal straits, with no room to rescue their most vulnerable people.

India's cabinet has cleared a policy aimed at providing subsidised food to two thirds of the population.

The government is instigating a scheme whereby subsidised food boxes are distributed to poor families every three weeks.

There's the petty corruption, such as middlemen taking a cut as they distribute subsidised food to the poor.

The government buys more than a third of India's total wheat output to supply subsidised food to the poor.

Most parties don't even make pledges on redistribution, preferring palliatives such as free electricity, subsidised food, and even free TV sets.

Government incentives to grow rice and wheat as part of a subsidised food programme for the poor also keep prices high.

The next step up for many will be to take a subsidised food grade unit at an enterprise centre on a longer-term basis.

But political opposition to measures involving subsidy cuts, devaluation and new taxes while tens of millions rely on state- subsidised food, make the programme ambitious.

It gives partial credit to the government-run network of food distribution chains known as Mercal, which delivers subsidised food in shops across the country.

Estate owners often cite the benefits they are legally required to provide, which include housing, toilets, health facilities and subsidised food, to justify low wages.

The programme covers over 65 million poor families through the distribution of subsidised food via a network of 450,000 ration shops.

"And will you subsidise food?"