Question

Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Food Security Act is not correct?
1. The Act was enacted in the year 2013.
2. The Act was rolled out in the year 2014.
3. The Act legally entitles 67 percent of the population to receive highly subsidised food grains
4. The Act is not being implemented in all the States/Union Territories.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : The Act is not being implemented in all the States/Union Territories.

The correct answer is The Act is not being implemented in all the States/Union Territories.

The incorrect statement is The Act is not being implemented in all the States/Union Territories.

• The enactment of the NFSA (National Food Security Act) 2013 on 5^th July 2013 marks a paradigm shift in the approach to food security from welfare to a rights-based approach.
• The NFSA Act was rolled out in the year 2014.
• The Act legally entitles up to 75 percent of the rural population and 50 percent of the urban population to receive subsidized foodgrains under the Targeted Public Distribution System.
• About two-thirds of the population thus is covered under the Act to receive highly subsidized foodgrains.
• The NFSA 2013 is being implemented in all the States or UTs, on an all-India basis. 
• Out of maximum coverage of 81.35 crores, around 80 crore persons have been covered under NFSA at present for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains.
• The identification of beneficiaries by States/UTs is a continuous process, which involves exclusion of ineligible or fake or duplicate ration cards and also exclusion on account of death, migration, etc., and inclusion on account of birth as also that of genuine left-out households.