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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Census data may decide food subsidy

Census data may decide food subsidy

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published Published on Mar 12, 2021   modified Modified on Mar 13, 2021

-The Hindu

A NITI Aayog paper has recommended reduction in National Food Security Act coverage.

Once the new census data is available, the Centre may consider revising the number of people who get subsidised foodgrains under the National Food Security Act, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Friday. He insisted there is no proposal under consideration as yet, but said the Food Ministry was having conversations on a NITI Aayog paper on the issue, which recommended a reduction in the NFSA coverage.

The NFSA provides for five kg of foodgrains per month to be provided to two-thirds of the country at the subsidised rate of 2 per kg of wheat and 3 per kg of rice. The current NFSA coverage of 81 crore people was determined on the basis of the 2011 census, and has not been revised since the law was passed in 2013.

At a press conference, Mr. Pandey was asked whether the government plans to revise the coverage in 2021, after the next census. “It is hard to tell. When the number was fixed in 2011, some criteria were used. The NFSA covered 67% of the country’s population, including 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population. It was not done arbitrarily,” he pointed out.

“When a revision is to be done, there is an exercise behind it, there is data analysis. Census data is also not available now. When all the tools are available with the government, of course, this can be revisited. Right now, there is no such proposal in front of us,” he added. “This is a law passed by Parliament. Government of that time and Parliament of that time will have to take a call.”

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The Hindu, 12 March, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/census-data-may-decide-food-subsidy/article34055061.ece?homepage=true


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