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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.
| Act Id | 201320 |
| Act Number | 20 |
| Enactment Date | 2013-09-10 |
| Act Year | 2013 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Enforcement Date | 05-07-2013 |
- PRELIMINARY
- 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
- IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS
- REFORMS IN TARGETED PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
- WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
- 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
- OBLIGATIONS OF STATE GOVERNMENT FOR FOOD SECURITY
- OBLIGATIONS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
- TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- PROVISIONS FOR ADVANCING FOOD 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
