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National Food Security Act was passed in1. 20052. 20093. 20164. 2013

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : 2013

The correct answer is 2013.

  • National Food Security Act is an act of the Parliament of India which was signed in 2013 on February 24. 
  • The objective of this act was to provide food and nutritional security in a human life cycle, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to live a life with dignity.
  • The Act provides for coverage of up to 75% of the rural population and up to 50% of the urban population for receiving subsidized food grains.
  • Under this scheme eligible person will receive 5kg of food grain per person in priority household and person in Antyodaya Anna Yojana will get 35kg per family. 
  • A total of 67% population of the country is covered with this scheme.


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