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The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013: challenges, buffer stocking and the way forward [1]

The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 combines and expands the scope of some existing food-based welfare schemes. It will be distributing raw rations, meal(s) and/or cash. Approximately 81.35 crore persons or 16.57 crore households are to benefit under the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) under the Act. The annual food grain requirement is estimated at 61.43 million tonnes with annual food subsidy implication of around Rs. 1.31 lakh crore. The paper empirically maps the annual distribution commitment (61.43 MMTs) of the government with the procurement pattern of rice and wheat, for each quarter, to estimate the quarterly operational stocking norms. In addition to the 61.4 MMTs grains, needed to meet the operational needs, the country also stocks for strategic needs. The paper proposes creation of 10 MMTs of grains in this regard- five MMTs to be procured from the domestic market and the remainder from the international market on a need basis.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2015
Shweta Saini [2], Ashok Gulati [3]
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) [4]
Tags:
Food Security [5], Public Distribution System (PDS) [6], Direct Cash Transfer [7], India [8], Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) [9], Agriculture [10], Mid-Day Meal Programme [11], Poverty [12]

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