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Chhattisgarh Food Security Act

Chhattisgarh Food Security Act. Department of Food and Civil Supplies. Base data. Population Rural - 196.04 lakhs (77%) Urban - 59.36 lakhs (23%) Total - 255.40 lakhs Population - Scheduled areas - 127.96 lakhs (50%) Non-scheduled areas - 127.44 lakhs (50%)

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Chhattisgarh Food Security Act

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  1. Chhattisgarh Food Security Act Department of Food and Civil Supplies

  2. Base data • Population • Rural - 196.04 lakhs (77%) • Urban - 59.36 lakhs (23%) • Total - 255.40 lakhs • Population - • Scheduled areas - 127.96 lakhs (50%) • Non-scheduled areas - 127.44 lakhs (50%) • Total - 255.40 lakhs

  3. Base data • Average family size • Rural - 4.47 • Urban - 4.79 • Total - 4.54 • Families • Rural - 43.84 lakhs (78%) • Urban - 12.39 lakhs (22%) • Total - 56.23 lakhs

  4. CFSA – entitlements in PDS

  5. CFSA entitlements other than those in PDS • Meals for pregnant women and lactating mothers through aanganwadi. • Meals for children of age 6 months to 6 years through aanganwadi. • Mid day meal for children of age 6 years to 14 years in school. • Supplementary nutrition for malnourised children.

  6. CFSA entitlements other than those in PDS • Foodgrains for all students residing in hostels or aashrams. • Meals through Dal-bhat centers or take home rations through Panchayats for – • Destitute • Homeless persons • Special provision for emergency or disaster affected persons.

  7. CFSA – coverage - exclusions • All households that are income tax payees. • In non-scheduled areas all such households who own more 4 hectares of irrigated or 8 hectares of non-irrigated land. • In urban areas all such households that own a pucca house (concrete roof) of carpet area > 1000 sqft and are liable to pay property tax.

  8. CFSA – coverage – inclusions(No percentage limits have been prescribed) • All households of landless agricultural labors. • All households of small or marginal farmers. (land up to 2 Ha). • All households of workers in urban informal sector. • All households of construction workers

  9. CFSA – coverage – inclusions(No percentage limits have been prescribed) • All households of Particularly Vulnerable Social Groups such as – • Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups. • Households headed by – • Terminally ill persons. • Widows or single women. • Physically challenged persons. • All households headed by a person of age sixty years or more with no assured means of subsistence or societal support. • Person freed from bonded labour. • All households of Particularly Vulnerable Social Groups shall be designated as Antyodaya households.

  10. CFSA - coverage

  11. CFSA vs NFSA coverage

  12. CFSB – Salient features • Entitlements on per household basis (and not on per person basis) • Entitlements in PDS not only for foodgrains. • Provision for iodized salt, pulses in non-scheduled areas and black gram in scheduled areas. • Provision of foodgrains for students in hostels and Aashrams.

  13. CFSB – Salient features • State Government to notify schemes within 6 months of commencement of Act. • Eligible households (in either Central or State law) to get entitlements in Central or State law, whichever is more. • State Government to bear full financial burden for entitlements over and above that are provided by the Central Government.

  14. CFSB – Salient features • Eldest woman of the family to be head of the household for the purpose of ration card. • Local bodies to be responsible for implementation. • Notification of services under the Chhattisgarh LokSeva Guarantee Act, 2011. • Offences made punishable in EC Act, 1955.

  15. CFSB – Salient features • Publication of all records in public domain • Internal grievance redressal mechanism. • Social audit. • Vigilance Committees at all levels

  16. Thank You

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