National Food Security Act

’14 crore deprived of NFSA benefits’: Sonia Gandhi urges government to complete Census | India News – The Times of India

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Sonia Gandhi. (Photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday called on the government to complete the population census at the earliest, saying that around 14 crore people in the country are being deprived of benefits under the food security law. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during her first Zero Hour…

Food Security Act prevented stunting of 1.8 million kids: Study | India News – Times of India

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Expansion of the distribution of food grains mandated by the National Food Security Act of 2013 prevented stunting of about 1.8 million children in eight states, according to a paper in the American Economic Association’s journal on applied economics. The authors of the study conducted an impact evaluation of the NFSA on child stunting, nutrition…