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In this Act, unless the context utlrenvlse requires,- Dcfin~ctons ( I ) "ungr~nmq2di" means a child care atd deve~opmtnr centre sct up under rhc l/~tegra!td Ctr~ld Development Services Scheme of the Cefibd Government to rendet services covered under sccrion 4, clause (a) of sub-section ( I ) o f section 5 m(nd sectiorl 6; . . - 27 - SERIES - I NO. : 09 M E D : ln NOVEMBER, 2013. (3) "central pool" mtam the mock of foodsrains which is,--. (0 procured by tfic Ccnml Govemtynt and the State Govemrncnts through minimum suppon price operations; (it) maintained for allocenons undcr Ihe Targeted Public Distriburion System, athcr we1 fare s c h m q including calamity relief arrd sucb atlla schemes; (iil) kept as reserves for schcrnts referred to in sub-clause ([I); (3) "eligible households" means houschalds covered undcr tbc priori9 households and the Antyodaya Anna Yajana rcfcntd to ia sub-section ( r ) of stctiun 33: (4) "fair pice shop" m t a q a shop which has been ticensed to distribute essential commoditfes by an ordcr issued under section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, to the ration card holders under the Targeted PublicDi~tibution System; to uf 195s (5) "food@ainsU means rice, wheat or coarse grains or any combination thereof coofarming to such quality norms as may be determ~ned, by ordcr, by the Central Government &om timato time; (6 'food security" mcans the supply of the entitled quantity of foodgrains and meal specified under Chapter I[; (7) "food security aflowancc" means the amount of money to be paid by the concerned State Government to L ~ c entitled persons under scction 8; (8) "local authority" includes Pmchayaf rnuniciplity,district hard, cantonment board, town planning authoriry md in the States of Assan, Manipur, Meghalaya, Miwram.Nagaland and Tripura where Pancllayab do not exist, the viltage council or committee or any orher body, by whatever name called, which is authorised undcr the Camti~ion or any law for the time king in force for self-govmrance or any oher authority or budy vested with the control and management of civic swims, within 3 specified local area; (9) "mealn means hot cwkd or pre-cooked and heated before its service meal or take home ~ i i o n , as may b-c prescribed by the Centrat Governlent; (ID) "minimum suppot price" means the assured priceannounced by the Central Government at which foodgrains ate procured &om farmers by the Central Govemme~it arrd the State Governments and their agencies, for the c t n h l pool; (11) "notification" means a notification issued under his Act and published it) the Oficial Gazette; '(12) "othtt welfare schemes" means such Govcnuncnt schemes, in addition to h e Targeted Public Distribution System, under which foodgrains or meals arc supplied as part of the schemes; (1 3) "pmw wi@ disability" m m s a person dcfied a *such b clause (1) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabiliries (Equal Oppomjties, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995; 1 of 1996. (14) "priority households" rncans househotds identified as such under section 10; (IS) "preqribtd" means prcscnbtd by wles made undcr this Act; (1q "ration card" means a dwument issued under an order or authority of the Staic Govtmmcnl lor the ptrrrhase ofesseatiaF comrnoditia from tht fair price shops undcr the Targcwd Public Disttibution System; ( I f ) "rural area" mcans any area In a Stare exccpr thosc areas covered by &y urban local body or a cmtonmenr board esablished or constituted under any law for the time being in force; SERIES - I NO. : 09 DATED : lrr NOVEMBER, 2013. - (18) 'Schedule" means a Schedule appended to this Act; (19) "senior citizen" means a person defined as such under clause (h) of s e c ~ ~ o n 3 56 of 2007 of the Mainrenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizcns Act, 2007; (10) "social audir" means the process in which peuplc coliectively monitor and evaluate rfie pla~nitlg and irnplernentatian of a programme or scherne; (21) "Smte Commission" rncarls the State Food Conml~ssion corlstituled under section 16; / (32) "Slarc C;overnrnenlM, in relation to a Union temrory, means Ute Administrator rhcreor appoinled under aniclc 239 of the Constitution; (23) "Targe~ed Public Distribution Syslern" means the system for dis~ribution of essential comditics to h e ratian card holders through fair price shops; (24) "Vigilance Committee" Ineans a cornmiace constituted ~ d e r section 29 to supervise rhc lmplementatiw o f all S E ~ C ~ I " ~ under this Ad; I' (25) the words and cxprcssions not defined here but defined in the Essential 10 of I955 Commodities Act, 1955, or my other relevant Act shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in those Acts.