Consider the following statements about the National Food Security Act NFSA 2013 1 The Act provides ...........

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Consider the following statements about the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013:

1. The Act provides for coverage of 100% of the rural population and up to 75% of the urban population for receiving subsidized food-grains.

2. The entitlements for the existing Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households have been replaced with NFSA.

3. The main obligation of the State Government is to provide food-grains (or, failing that, funds) to the local authorities.

4. The work of identification of eligible households for each State is to be done by the Ministry of Food, Public Distribution on the basis of the NSS Household Consumption data.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1, 2 and 3 only

2, 3 and 4 only

3 and 4 only

None of the above

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Explanation:

None of the above

NFSA act 2013 was introduced by the GOI in 2013.
It provides food grains to 75% of rural and 50 % of the urban population across all states and UTs.
The objective of the NFSA act 2013 is to provide food grains to the poor with nutritional values.