It proposed amending the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 to change the foodgrain entitlement for AAY households.
Key Proposals
- Introduction of per person entitlement: 7 kg per beneficiary per month.
- Aligns allocations closer to actual household nutritional ICMR guidelines (~7.5 kg of cereals per adult per month).
- Retains a maximum cap of 35 kg per household, even if the family has more than five members.
- Rationale: The amendment seeks to address inequities related to household size.
- Present household-based entitlement results in smaller households receiving higher foodgrains per person compared to large households.
About NFSA, 2013
- Rights-based approach to food security: Legally entitles eligible households to subsidised foodgrains.
- Objectives:
- Ensure food and nutritional security through affordable access to food.
- Shift food security from a welfare-based to a legal entitlement framework.
- Improve nutrition through a life-cycle approach.
- Coverage: Covers 75% of the rural and 50% of the urban population (about two-thirds of India's population and ~81.35 crore persons (Census 2011)).
- Beneficiaries are classified into:
- Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY): Poorest of the poor households.
- Priority Households (PHH): Remaining eligible households.
- Entitlements:
- AAY: 35 kg of foodgrains per household per month.
- PHH: 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month.
- Subsidised prices: Rice – ₹3/kg, Wheat – ₹2/kg, Coarse grains – ₹1/kg
Other categories included
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