(Reuters) - The deaths of at least 23 Indian children poisoned after eating a free school meal has triggered an outcry over food safety just as the ruling Congress party is set to launch an ambitious plan to feed 800 million poor, with an eye on elections due within a year.
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India getting new food security bill, Gandhi's pet project, was approved on July 3 using executive orders, usually reserved for urgent policy. Gandhi plans to launch the program on August 20, the birthday of her late husband and former prime minister, Rajiv.

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Parliament must decide whether to agree or reject the measures within six weeks of the next session's start on Aug 5. While opposition parties and some government allies complained about the decision to use an executive order to drive the plan through, the bill is expected to be approved.

Under the scheme India, one of the world's largest food producers and consumers, will buy about 30 percent of its 198 million tons of rice and wheat output to sell at subsidized prices. The scheme will cost an estimated $22 billion a year.