Prime Minister's expert committee on National Food Security Bill today recommended that the assured delivery of wheat at Rs 2/kg and rice at Rs 3/kg could be given only to poor and expressed difficulty in accommodating general category in view of projected food availability.

In contrast, National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, had recommended legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains to both 'priority' and 'general' households, covering at least 75 per cent of the country's population.

"EC recommends the assured delivery of foodgrains at Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs 3 per kg for rice, to the really needy households and the coverage of the rest through an executive order with a varying quantum depending on the availability of foodgrains," the committee, which is headed by PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan, said in its report.