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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Expand food security coverage to benefit more needy persons, SC tells Centre

Expand food security coverage to benefit more needy persons, SC tells Centre

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published Published on Aug 24, 2022   modified Modified on Aug 25, 2022

-The Hindu

Bench asks Centre to re-determine NFSA coverage after considering population increase between 2011-2021

The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to increase coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) so that “more and more needy persons and citizens get the benefit” under the 2013 law which entitles rural and urban poor to receive subsidised food grains under the Targeted Public Distribution System.

The coverage under the NFSA is still as per the population figures of 2011 census. 

In an eight-page order, a Bench of Justices M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna ordered the Union government to re-determine the NFSA coverage in States and Union Territories after taking into consideration the population increase between 2011-2021 so that benefits are not restricted to beneficiaries identified way back in 2011.

Fundamental right

“Right to Food is a fundamental right available under Article 21 of the Constitution,” the Supreme Court noted.

The Union, in its affidavit, had stated in court that the Act required coverage to be updated as per latest published census figures. However, the NFSA coverage cannot be determined as the 2021 census has been postponed indefinitely and no date has been notified. 

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The Hindu, 24 August, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/expand-food-security-coverage-to-benefit-more-needy-persons-sc-tells-centre/article65806291.ece


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