About Food Security Act The food security law came into force on July 5, 2013. As per the law, state governments were to implement the law within 365 days (by July 4, 2014). Twenty states and five union territories have not implemented the food law so far. Only 5 states have so far fully implemented the food law and another 6 have rolled out it partially Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, have fully implemented the Act; while Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar have done it partially Each eligible person would get 5 kg of of rice and wheat at Rs 3 and Rs 2 per kg respectively. The existing Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households, poorest of the poor, will continue to receive 35 kg of foodgrains per family a month The implementation of the law would increase the Centres food subsidy bill by Rs25,000 crore to Rs1.31 lakh crore while the grains requirement would rise by 6-8 million tonnes from the current 55 million tonnes annually dnaindia /india/ report- centre-gi ves-states-3-mo re- months-to-im plement-food-la w-1998060
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:28:09 +0000
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