NAC approves draft National Food Security Bill 2011

23 Jun 2011 Evaluate

The National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Sonia Gandhi have approved the draft National Food Security Bill, 2011 on June 22, which aims to make provision of food support to people facing hunger a duty of the state. The draft bill was prepared by the Working Group on Food Security being legally vetted by a government law officer; the Council will now be sending it to the government for final approval. The decision approving the draft bill was taken at the meeting of the NAC held on June 22.

The draft food security bill ensured subsidized food grains to minimum 90% of rural households and 50% of urban households. As per the draft bill, 46% of the rural and 28% of the urban households categorized as ‘Priority Group’ are allowed to get food grains at 7 kg per person at Rs 3 wheat or Rs 2 rice or Rs 1 millets.  And 49% of the rural and 22% of urban households categorized as ‘General Group’ are entitled to get food grains at 4 kg per person not more than the 50% of the Minimum Support Price of the respective food grains.

The draft bill also creates a strong accountability framework for protection of these entitlements and allows imposition of fines on defaulters and compensation to the victim. The bill also visualizes a strong complaint redress and monitoring system, from center to the block level. 

The draft food security bill follows a life cycle approach and introduces a number of other universal guarantees, including nutrition support and maternity entitlements for pregnant women, nutrition support to children both in pre-school centers and in school, but also to all out of school children; destitute feeding and affordable meals for homeless and other needy urban populations and special guarantees for starvation and emergencies.

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