Food Security Bill, a brainchild of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, is currently being examined by the Parliamentary Standing Committee. If enacted, it would ensure food for all. But the government is more worried about the efficiency in storage and distribution system for the bill to have any material value. Despite record farm output, inadequate storage and distribution facilities have led to wastages of criminal amount in the past. In fact, if the planning commission is to be believed, just a 10% improvement in efficiency can save as much as Rs 70 bn every year! This pegs the total losses to Rs 700 bn just due to inefficient distribution. It is true that complete efficiency cannot be achieved in India. But the losses are huge by any extent. State governments will have to play a critical role in developing the back end infrast ructure if these losses have to be reduced. Only then can the food security bill ensure a piece of bread for every Indian destitute.