Question
Download Solution PDFThe National Food Security Act was passed in which of the following years?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 2013.
- The National Food Security Act (NFSA) was passed on July 5, 2013.
Key Points
- It aimed at strengthening food security for the people.
- It made the right to food’ legal liability for three-fourth of the rural population and half of the urban population approximately.
- It provides food security by providing cereals and pulses at subsidy prices and is distributed to the common people through Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
- Chhattisgarh government was the first who took the initiative to pass the first food security act in the country.
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