Act Info:
Preamble - THE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT, 2013
Chapter I - PRELIMINARY
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter II - PROVISIONS FOR FOOD SECURITY
Section 3 - Right to receive foodgrains at subsidised prices by persons belonging to eligible households under Targeted Public Distribution System
Section 4 - Nutritional support to pregnant women and lactating mothers
Section 5 - Nutritional support to children
Section 6 - Prevention and management of child malnutrition
Section 7 - Implementation of schemes for realisation of entitlements
Chapter III - FOOD SECURITY ALLOWANCE
Section 8 - Right to receive food security allowance in certain cases
Chapter IV - IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS
Section 9 - Coverage of population under Targeted Public Distribution System
Section 10 - State Government to prepare guidelines and to identify priority households
Section 11 - Publication and display of list of eligible households
Chapter V - REFORMS IN TARGETED PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Section 12 - Reforms in Targeted Public Distribution System
Chapter VI - WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Section 13 - Women of eighteen years of age or above to be head of household for purpose of issue of ration cards
Chapter VII - GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM
Section 14 - Internal grievance redressal mechanism
Section 15 - District Grievance Redressal Officer
Section 16 - State Food Commission
Section 17 - Salary and allowances of Chairperson, Member, Member
Section 18 - Designation of any Commission or body to function as State Commission
Section 19 - Joint State Food Commission
Section 20 - Powers relating to inquiries
Section 21 - Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of State Commission
Chapter VIII - OBLIGATIONS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR FOOD SECURITY
Section 22 - Central Government to allocate required quantity of foodgrains from central pool to State Governments
Section 23 - Provisions for funds by Central Government to State Government in certain cases
Chapter IX - OBLIGATIONS OF STATE GOVERNMENT FOR FOOD SECURITY
Section 24 - Implementation and monitoring of schemes for ensuring food security
Chapter X - OBLIGATIONS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Section 25 - Implementation of Targeted Public Distribution System by local authority in their areas
Section 26 - Obligations of local authority
Chapter XI - TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Section 27 - Disclosure of records of Targeted Public Distribution System
Section 28 - Conduct of social audit
Section 29 - Setting up of Vigilance Committees
Chapter XII - PROVISIONS FOR ADVANCING FOOD SECURITY
Section 30 - Food security for people living in remote, hilly and tribal areas
Section 31 - Steps to further advance food and nutritional security
Chapter XIII - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 32 - Other welfare schemes
Section 33 - Penalties
Section 34 - Power to adjudicate
Section 35 - Power to delegate by Central Government and State Government
Section 36 - Act to have overriding effect
Section 37 - Power to amend Schedules
Section 38 - Power of Central Government to give directions
Section 39 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section 40 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section 41 - Transitory provisions for schemes, guidelines, etc.
Section 42 - Power to remove difficulties
Section 43 - Utilisation of institutional mechanism for other purposes
Section 44 - Force Majeure
Section 45 - Repeal and savings
Schedule - SCHEDULE I
Schedule - SCHEDULE II
Schedule - SCHEDULE III
Schedule - SCHEDULE IV