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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 ...
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Feb 21, 2024 · The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013, which was passed on July 5, 2013, represents a paradigm shift in the aspect of food security, moving away from a welfare-based approach to one based on rights. Up to 75% of the rural population, as well as 50% of the urban population, are legally entitled to receive subsidised foodgrains through the ...
- The Act provides for food and nutritional security in the human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to an adequate quantity of quality food at...
- It will boost the agricultural sector. A boost in the agricultural sector would result in more job opportunities, as agriculture is a labour-intens...
- The Act covers two-thirds of the entire population under two categories of beneficiaries: 1. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households 2. Priority H...
National Food Security Act, 2013. 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.
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Mar 2, 2021 · NITI Aayog, through a discussion paper, has recommended reducing the rural and urban coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, to 60% and 40%, respectively. It has also proposed a revision of beneficiaries as per the latest population which is currently being done through Census- 2011. National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013.
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Aug 26, 2013 · The Lok Sabha on Monday night passed the ambitious National Food Security Bill, 2013 that seeks to provide highly subsidised food grains to nearly 70 per cent of the population of the country.
Nov 6, 2023 · In the last fiscal, ending March 2023, the food security bill was about Rs 2.87 lakh crore, marginally lower than the previous year’s Rs 2.88 lakh crore. But the farmers’ unions also fear that the government is under constant pressure to cut down on the food sector subsidies and inefficiencies at the FCI.
Dec 23, 2022 · The Central government will provide free foodgrains to about 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for one year from January 1, 2023, the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided.
