Lok Sabha Question No. 393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: National Food Security Mission
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  puBt-tc  DtsTRtBUTtON DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AI{D PUBLIC DISTRTBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIOil NO. 393 TO BE ANSWERED  ON lgth NOVEMBER,2O{9

## NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSTON

## 393.  SHRI HIBI EDEN:

Wall the Minister of GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  pUBLtc DISTRIBUTION  Jq!tr{f,r xrra, sr{c  gt{ grffif,fi  Ef{ur d+ be pteased  to state:

- (a)  the details of the current status of supplementary food progtammes in lndia;
- (b) the current status of the National  Food Security Missionl
- (c) whether  the Government has any plan to  provide any special packages for the reassessment of various nutrition schemes which are not working properl$ and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF GONSUMER  AFFA|RS, FOOD &

## ANSWER PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (sHRl DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

(a): Government enacted that National Food Security Act, 2O{3 (NFSA) in July 2O{3 with an intended coverage of upto 75o/o ol rural population and upto 50% of urban population  for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution  System. One of the guiding principles of the Act is  its  life  cycle approach wherein special provisions for supplementary  nutrition have been made for  pregnant women and lactating  mothers and children in the age group of 6 months to 14 yearc.

- Every pregnant  woman and lactating mother is entitled to meal, free of charge, during pregnancy and six months after the child birthn through the local anganwadi,  so as to meet the specified nutritional standards  and also matemity benefit of not less than rupees six thousand to partly compensate  for the wage loss during the period of pregnancy and also to supplement  nutration. t.
- . Every child in the age group of six months to six years, is entitled to age appropriate meal, free of charge, through the !oca! anganwadi so as to  meet the specified nutritional
- standards
- In the case of children, up to class Vlll or within the age group of six to fourteen years, whichever is applicable, one mid-day meal, free of charge is provided  every day except on schoot holidays, in al! schools run by !oca! bodies, Government and Government  aided schools, so as to  meet the specilied nutritional standards.
- lv. State Government through the local anganwadi,  also identify and provide meals, free of charge, to children who suffer from
- malnutrition,  so as to meet the specified nutritional standalds.
- (b): National Food Security Missaon  (NFSM) was launched in 2OO7.08 to increase the production  of rice, wheat and pulses through (i) area expansion and productivity enhancement, (ii) restoring soil fertility and productivity,  (iii) Greating employment  opportunities  and (iv) enhancing farm level economy. Goarse cereals were also included in the Mission from 201+15 under ]IFSM. The interventions covered under NFSM include cluster demonstrations on improved package of practices,  demonstrations on cropping system, Seed distribution of high yielding varieties, farm machineries/resources conservation machineries/tools,  efficient water application tools, plant protection measures,  nutrient managemenUsoi! ameliorants,  cropping system based trainings  to the farmers etc. NFSM continued during {2h Five Year Ptan with the target of additional production  of 25 million tonnes of food grains. Beyond the {2s Plan, the mission is being continued with new additional target of 13 million tonnes of foodgrains from 2017-18 to 2O19-2O. The country achieved  bumper production  of foodgrains  during 2O174A at 285.O{ million tonnes. As per 46 Advance Estimates total foodgrains production achieved durlng 2O{8-{9 is 2E4.95 million tonnes. NFSM is being implemented in identified districts of 29 states in the country.
- (c) & (d): The supplementary  nutrition programmes  envisaged under the Itationa!  Food Security Act for pregnant women  and lactating motherc and children upto the age of {4 years are operating smoothly and no proposal to reassess  these programmes is under consideration of the Government.