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The National Food Security Act 2013, also known as Right to Food Act, is an Indian Act of Parliament which aims to provide subsidized food grains to approximately two thirds of the country's 1.4 billion people. [1] . It was signed into law on 12 September 2013, retroactive to 5 July 2013. [2] [3]
Though the issue of 'food security' at the household is continuously being addressed by the Government since long, through the Public Distribution System and the Targeted Public Distribution System, the enactment of the National Food Security Act, (NFSA) 2013 on July 5, 2013 marks a paradigm shift in the approach to food security from welfare to rights based approach. The Act legally entitles upto 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population to receive subsidized foodgrains ...
Jan 1, 2018 · The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, aims to ensure food and nutrition security for the most vulnerable through its associated schemes and programmes, making access to food a legal...
Oct 31, 2022 · Here is how India can eradicate malnutrition, hunger, food insecurity by 2030. Significant adjustments in the foods we produce and consume are necessary to maintain the integrity of our ecosystem and the health of communities. NEXT BLOG . By Rommila Chandra. Published: Monday 31 October 2022.
Sep 19, 2023 · By. NEXT IAS Content Team. - September 19, 2023. 0. 12491. Food Security. Food security is the availability of food and the access to it by people. It means that people have enough food to eat all year round and that the food is safe and nutritious. Why is there a Need for Food Security in India?
Aug 1, 2020 · Thus, expanding food and nutrition assistance programs is an ethical imperative. Based on empirical evidence and theory, we articulate an ethical framework to guide expansion. Just food policies should (1) embrace compassion, (2) create opportunity, (3) consider essential needs, and (4) promote knowledge and empathy.
- Daniel P. Miller, Margaret M.C. Thomas
- 2020
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Nov 5, 2010 · Thus, the World Bank’s central poverty reduction mission is critical to achieving food security for all. Policies that focus on the availability of food, rather than on securing access to food can, and frequently do, create risks for access to food. Consider, for example, using import tariffs to protect domestic food production.
