(1) The National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal,—
(a) anything done, any action taken or any identification of eligible households made; or Transitory provisions for schemes, guidelines, etc.
Power to remove difficulties.
Utilisation of institutional mechanism for other purposes.
Force Majeure.
Repeal and savings.
Ord. 7 of 2013.
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(b) any right, entitlement, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred; or
(c) any guidelines framed or directions issued; or
(d) any investigation, inquiry or any other legal proceeding initiated, conducted or continued in respect of such right, entitlement, privilege, obligation or liability as aforesaid; or
(e) any penalty imposed in respect of any offence, under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done, taken, made, acquired, accrued, incurred, framed, issued, initiated, conducted, continued or imposed under the corresponding provisions of this Act.
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SCHEDULE I [See sections 3(1), 22(1), (3) and 24 (2), (3)] SUBSIDISED PRICES UNDER TARGETED PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Eligible households shall be entitled to foodgrains under section 3 at the subsidised price not exceeding rupees 3 per kg for rice, rupees 2 per kg for wheat and rupee 1 per kg for coarse grains for a period of three years from the date of commencement of this Act; and thereafter, at such price, as may be fixed by the Central Government, from time to time, not exceeding,—
(i) the minimum support price for wheat and coarse grains; and
(ii) the derived minimum support price for rice, as the case may be.
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SCHEDULE II [See sections 4(a), 5(1) and 6] NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS Nutritional standards: The nutritional standards for children in the age group of 6 months to 3 years, age group of 3 to 6 years and pregnant women and lactating mothers required to be met by providing “Take Home Rations” or nutritious hot cooked meal in accordance with the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme and nutritional standards for children in lower and upper primary classes under the Mid Day Meal Scheme are as follows:
Serial Category Type of Calories Protein number meal2 (Kcal) (g) 1 2 3 4 5
1. Children (6 months to Take Home Ration 500 12-15 3 years)
2. Children (3 to 6 years) Morning Snack and 500 12-15 Hot Cooked Meal
3. Children (6 months to Take Home Ration 800 20-25 6 years) who are malnourished
4. Lower primary classes Hot Cooked Meal 450 12
5. Upper primary classes Hot Cooked Meal 700 20
6. Pregnant women and Take Home Ration 600 18-20 Lactating mothers SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 17
SCHEDULE III (See section 31) PROVISIONS FOR ADVANCING FOOD SECURITY
(1) Revitalisation of Agriculture—
(a) agrarian reforms through measures for securing interests of small and marginal farmers;
(b) increase in investments in agriculture, including research and development, extension services, micro and minor irrigation and power to increase productivity and production;
(c) ensuring livelihood security to farmers by way of remunerative prices, access to inputs, credit, irrigation, power, crop insurance, etc.;
(d) prohibiting unwarranted diversion of land and water from food production.
(2) Procurement, Storage and Movement related interventions—
(a) incentivising decentralised procurement including procurement of coarse grains;
(b) geographical diversification of procurement operations;
(c) augmentation of adequate decentralised modern and scientific storage;
(d) giving top priority to movement of foodgrains and providing sufficient number of rakes for this purpose, including expanding the line capacity of railways to facilitate foodgrain movement from surplus to consuming regions.
(3) Others: Access to—
(a) safe and adequate drinking water and sanitation;
(b) health care;
(c) nutritional, health and education support to adolescent girls;
(d) adequate pensions for senior citizens, persons with disability and single women.
SCHEDULE IV [See section 3(1)] STATE-WISE ALLOCATION OF FOODGRAINS S. No. Name of the State Quantity (in lakh tons) 1 2 3
1. Andhra Pradesh 32.10
2. Arunachal Pradesh 0.89
3. Assam 16.95
4. Bihar 55.27
5. Chhattisgarh 12.91
6. Delhi 5.73
7. Goa 0.59
8. Gujarat 23.95
9. Haryana 7.95
10. Himachal Pradesh 5.08
11. Jammu and Kashmir 7.51
12. Jharkhand 16.96
13. Karnataka 25.56
14. Kerala 14.25
15. Madhya Pradesh 34.68
16. Maharashtra 45.02
17. Manipur 1.51
18. Meghalaya 1.76
19. Mizoram 0.66
20. Nagaland 1.38
21. Odisha 21.09
22. Punjab 8.70
23. Rajasthan 27.92
24. Sikkim 0.44
25. Tamilnadu 36.78
26. Tripura 2.71
27. Uttar Pradesh 96.15
28. Uttarakhand 5.03
29. West Bengal 38.49
30. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0.16
31. Chandigarh 0.31
32. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0.15
33. Daman and Diu 0.07
34. Lakshadweep 0.05
35. Puducherry 0.50 Total 549.26 ———— DR. SANJAY SINGH, Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India.
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GMGIPMRND—2740GI(S4)—10-09-2013.
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