the national food security act specifies that mt of food grains will be distributed through the public distribution system pds to all indian states per year additional allocations will have to be made by the government under other welfare schemes mt buffer stocks mt and the open market sale scheme mt the total procurement will be approximately mt which is mt higher than the amount procured during chand and birthal the central government will also be responsible for allocating food grains from the central pool to the different states providing transportation and storage facilities the state governments on the other hand will be implementing and monitoring the food security act indias national food security act cont