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The National Food Security Act

An Act to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
2013
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2
     Definitions

  • PROVISIONS FOR FOOD SECURITY

  • 3
     Right to receive foodgrains at subsidised prices by persons belonging to eligible households under Targeted Public Distribution System
  • 4
     Nutritional support to pregnant women and lactating mothers
  • 5
     Nutritional support to children
  • 6
     Prevention and management of child malnutrition
  • 7
     Implementation of schemes for realisation of entitlements

  • FOOD SECURITY ALLOWANCE

  • 8
     Right to receive food security allowance in certain cases

  • IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS

  • 9
     Coverage of population under Targeted Public Distribution System
  • 10
     State Government to prepare guidelines and to identify priority households
  • 11
     Publication and display of list of eligible households

  • REFORMS IN TARGETED PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

  • 12
     Reforms in Targeted Public Distribution System

  • WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

  • 13
     Women of eighteen years of age or above to be head of household for purpose of issue of ration cards

  • GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM

  • 14
     Internal grievance redressal mechanism
  • 15
     District Grievance Redressal Officer
  • 16
     State Food Commission
  • 17
     Salary and allowances of Chairperson, Member, Member-Secretary and other staff of State Commission
  • 18
     Designation of any Commission or body to function as State Commission
  • 19
     Joint State Food Commission
  • 20
     Powers relating to inquiries
  • 21
     Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of State Commission

  • OBLIGATIONS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR FOOD SECURITY

  • 22
     Central Government to allocate required quantity of foodgrains from central pool to State Governments
  • 23
     Provisions for funds by Central Government to State Government in certain cases

  • OBLIGATIONS OF STATE GOVERNMENT FOR FOOD SECURITY

  • 24
     Implementation and monitoring of schemes for ensuring food security

  • OBLIGATIONS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

  • 25
     Implementation of Targeted Public Distribution System by local authority in their areas
  • 26
     Obligations of local authority

  • TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

  • 27
     Disclosure of records of Targeted Public Distribution System
  • 28
     Conduct of social audit
  • 29
     Setting up of Vigilance Committees

  • PROVISIONS FOR ADVANCING FOOD SECURITY

  • 30
     Food security for people living in remote, hilly and tribal areas
  • 31
     Steps to further advance food and nutritional security

  • MISCELLANEOUS

  • 32
     Other welfare schemes
  • 33
     Penalties
  • 34
     Power to adjudicate
  • 35
     Power to delegate by Central Government and State Government
  • 36
     Act to have overriding effect
  • 37
     Power to amend Schedules
  • 38
     Power of Central Government to give directions
  • 39
     Power of Central Government to make rules
  • 40
     Power of State Government to make rules
  • 41
     Transitory provisions for schemes, guidelines, etc
  • 42
     Power to remove difficulties
  • 43
     Utilisation of institutional mechanism for other purposes
  • 44
     Force Majeure
  • 45
     Repeal and savings