Gehlot welcomes SC’s statement on National Food Security Act
By PTI
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s latest statement that it’s the central authorities’s obligation to make sure that foodgrains attain the final man beneath the National Food Security Act.
He mentioned the Rajasthan authorities has been demanding that the Centre increase the scope of the NFSA on the premise of the present inhabitants.
“It is our culture that nobody goes to sleep empty stomach,” the Supreme Court mentioned on December 6 and requested the central authorities to see to it that foodgrains beneath the NFSA attain the final man.
The courtroom was listening to by itself a public curiosity matter associated to the plight of migrant staff in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdowns.
Sharing a information report on the courtroom listening to on Twitter, Gehlot mentioned, “We welcome this remark of the Supreme Court.
It has been our fixed demand from the Centre that the scope of the National Food Security Act be expanded on the premise of the present inhabitants. It is the duty of each authorities to supply meals to all residents.
“The Rajasthan government provided food to all during the pandemic with the resolve that “nobody ought to sleep hungry”, he mentioned.
“Even today there are about 900 Indira Rasoi operating in the state where a full meal is available for Rs 8 in which the state government gives a subsidy of Rs 17 per plate,” the chief minister mentioned.
The authorities notified the NFSA on September 10, 2013 with the target of offering meals and dietary safety by guaranteeing entry to ample amount of high quality meals at reasonably priced costs to folks to stay a life with dignity.
The Act supplies for protection of as much as 75 per cent of the agricultural inhabitants and 50 per cent of the city inhabitants for receiving subsidised foodgrains beneath the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s latest statement that it’s the central authorities’s obligation to make sure that foodgrains attain the final man beneath the National Food Security Act.
He mentioned the Rajasthan authorities has been demanding that the Centre increase the scope of the NFSA on the premise of the present inhabitants.
“It is our culture that nobody goes to sleep empty stomach,” the Supreme Court mentioned on December 6 and requested the central authorities to see to it that foodgrains beneath the NFSA attain the final man.
The courtroom was listening to by itself a public curiosity matter associated to the plight of migrant staff in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdowns.
Sharing a information report on the courtroom listening to on Twitter, Gehlot mentioned, “We welcome this remark of the Supreme Court.
It has been our fixed demand from the Centre that the scope of the National Food Security Act be expanded on the premise of the present inhabitants. It is the duty of each authorities to supply meals to all residents.
“The Rajasthan government provided food to all during the pandemic with the resolve that “nobody ought to sleep hungry”, he mentioned.
“Even today there are about 900 Indira Rasoi operating in the state where a full meal is available for Rs 8 in which the state government gives a subsidy of Rs 17 per plate,” the chief minister mentioned.
The authorities notified the NFSA on September 10, 2013 with the target of offering meals and dietary safety by guaranteeing entry to ample amount of high quality meals at reasonably priced costs to folks to stay a life with dignity.
The Act supplies for protection of as much as 75 per cent of the agricultural inhabitants and 50 per cent of the city inhabitants for receiving subsidised foodgrains beneath the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).