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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Are We Staring at Another Phase of Dilution of PDS in India? -Shinzani Jain

Are We Staring at Another Phase of Dilution of PDS in India? -Shinzani Jain

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published Published on Mar 18, 2021   modified Modified on Mar 18, 2021

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The NITI Aayog recommendations to reduce coverage under the NFSA are in tandem with liberalisation of agriculture pushed forward by the government with the passage of three farm laws.

On February 28, 2020, it was reported that the central government’s think tank, NITI Aayog, in a discussion paper recommended a revision in the coverage of urban and rural populations under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 to generate annual savings of Rs 47,229 crores spent on food subsidies. It has recommended that the coverage of rural population be reduced from 75% to 60% and that of urban population from 50% to 40%.

A couple of days later, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey clarified that once the new census data was available, the Centre might consider revising the number of people who get subsidised food grains under the NFSA and that the Food Ministry has had discussions on the recommendations made by NITI Aayog.

These recommendations have been made at a time when farmers from across the country have been agitating on the borders of Delhi against the three farm laws passed by the government of India in September 2020, arguing that the laws not only threaten their lands and livelihood, but also the food security of the country.

This is also the time when India has ranked 94th among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2020, featuring in the ‘serious’ hunger category. India’s neighbours – Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan, while also featuring in the ‘serious’ category, ranked higher at 75th, 78th and 88th positions respectively. According to a report by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 14% people in India are undernourished. Around 51.4% of women in reproductive age are anaemic and 34.7% of children aged under five are stunted.

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Newsclick.in, 18 March, 2021, https://www.newsclick.in/Are-We-Staring-Another-Phase-Dilution-PDS-India


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