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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, (NFSA) 2013. Download Act. The basic concept of food security globally is to ensure that all people, at all times, should get access to the basic food for their active and healthy life and is characterized by availability, access, utilization and stability of food. Though the Indian Constitution does not have any ...
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The intent of the National Food Security Bill is spelled out in the Lok Sabha committee report, The National Food Security Bill, 2011, Twenty Seventh Report, which states, "Food security means availability of sufficient foodgrains to meet the domestic demand as well as access, at the individual level, to adequate quantities of food at affordable prices." The report adds, "The proposed legislation marks a paradigm shift in addressing the problem of food security – from the current welfare ...
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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.
Sep 1, 2020 · The issue of food security was previously dealt by the government under the Public Distribution System (PDS) and Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), but with the introduction of the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) there has been a drastic change in the schemes and protocols of Food Distribution and Security. The bill for the same was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2011 and on the basis of the report of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution ...
Nov 6, 2023 · The government’s food subsidy bill too, has increased apace. It peaked at Rs 5,41,330.14 crore in 2020-21 before falling to Rs 2,86,469.11 crore in 2021-22. For 2022-23, the government budgeted a subsidy bill of Rs 2,06,831.09 crore, and said that the cost of distributing free foodgrains under the NFSA would be around Rs 2 lakh crore.
(6) "food security" means the supply of the entitled quantity of foodgrains and meal specified under Chapter II; (7) "food security allowance" means the amount of money to be paid by the concerned State Government to the entitled persons under section 8; (8) "local authority" includes Panchayat, municipality, district board, cantonment
