The Food Security Bill aims to provide subsidized food grains to 67% of India's population. It guarantees 5 kg of rice, wheat, and coarse grains per month to individuals at subsidized rates. Key aspects include providing free meals to pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children up to 14 years. It also provides maternity benefits and food allowance in cases where grains are not supplied. While intended to address malnutrition and hunger, proper implementation and avoiding misuse will be important to realize benefits without negatively impacting storage, distribution, costs, or the economy.

1. FOOD SECURITY BILL

2. Defination
A bill to provide food & nutritional security
in human life cycle approach, by ensuring
access to adequate quantity of quality
food at affordable prices to people to live
a life with dignity1.
 This act is called as NATIONAL FOOD
SECURITY BILL, 2013.
 Supply of cheaper grains to poor & needy
people.
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3. Features of food security bill
The bill aims to provide subsidized food
grain to around 67 percent of India's 1.2
billion people.
 Beneficiaries
would
get
rice
at
3/kg, wheat at 2/kg, and coarse grains
at1/kg. These rates would be valid for
three years.
 75% of rural population & 50% of urban
population.
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Every pregnant woman and lactating mother
would get free meal during pregnancy till six
months after child birth. They will also get a
maternity benefit of 6,000 Rs in installments.
Children up to 14 years would get free meals.
In case of non-supply of food grains, states
will have to pay food security allowance to
beneficiaries.
The Bill was passed with rejecting more than
300 amendments in Lok Sabha on 26 August
2013.
The Food Security Bill guarantees 5 kg of
rice, wheat and coarse cereals per month for
individual.
Public distribution system (PDS) to be

5. Problems of food security bill
Storage problem.
 Proper distribution of food grains.
 Leakages problem.
 Grain shortage.
 Affect the GDP.
 Food inflation.
 More tax.
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6. Prospects of food security bill
Malnutrition.
 Employment.
 Legal rights to the poor.
 Solve hunger.
 Anganwadi facilities.
 Ration cards.
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7. Questions arising after this bill
Will the food bill sink the economy ?
 Will this help the farmers ?
 Will the delivery of food grain be on time
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 Will this increase or decrease corruption
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 Will there be proper PDS of grains ?
 Will imported food products will be of
adequate quality ?
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8. Conclusion
Although the intention behind the
policy is good, it has to be
implemented properly and effectively
taking into consideration all the above
mentioned factors. Moreover
government should not use the bill just
to gain popularity and votes.
Government main concern on 2014
election.

9. Bibliography
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www.en.wikipedia.org
www.wiki.answers.com
CNB,IBN news channel
www.deccanherald.com
www.thehindu.com
www.ndtv.com
www.livemint.com

10. Thanking you
Harpreet singh kanuja
 Amol
 Urmila golum
 Ashima
 Nidhi Acharya
 Ankit sharma
 Sagar
 Gaurav kumar
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