Food Security Programme
The Government is committed to enact a National Food Security Act (NFSA) which, inter alia, envisages entitling every family below poverty line to a certain quantity of food grains each month at subsidized prices. The National Advisory Council (NAC) has since made certain recommendations on 23.10.2010 on the proposed National Food Security legislation. For further advancing food and nutritional security, the NAC has, inter alia, recommended consideration of measures for revitalizing agriculture, ensuring universal access to safe water, etc. The recommendations of NAC and other stakeholders will be considered by the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) constituted to consider various issues regarding the proposed law on food security. Based on directions of EGoM, the draft bill would be prepared and further action taken.
This information was given by Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
MP: SB:CP:foodsecurity (30.11.2010)