Bare ActsThe National Food Security Act -2013

Section 3

(I) Ever) pcrwll belonging !O priority household!>

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(I) Ever) pcrwll belonging !O priority household!>. idenulied under sub-section (I) of sCCtitJIl 10. shall be cntilled to ft.'t.:cive live kilograms of lOodgrains per person pCI' monlh at sub~idi~cd prit.:es "IJCcilied in Sdledule I from lh,; Slate Gm ernlllclll IInder the Targ":led Public Di~lriblllion Syslem: Pro\ IJe\.t lhltl lhe hou!>ehold" (-,overed under Atllyodaya Anll;l YOJana sh'lll. to 1<>lIch eXlenl as lll;ly be s~cjlicd by the Centr;l! Gmernment lor each Stme in lhe ~llid scheme. be enlillcd 10 thirt) -live kilograllls 01 fooLlgnllm; pCI' hOllsehuld pcI' munlh III the prit.:cs spcci lied in Schedule I' IJru\'ideLl funlll.:r thaI if annual allUGltiull or foodgrain.. to ;Itly State lInckr the Acl is less than the average ;IIHlll~d offtake of foodgrains for hi~1 thl\:e yC;lrs uilder normal Targdcd Public [)i~lI ibulioll Syslcm, the same 1<»1;111 be protcctcd al prie\.·.. as 1ll;ly be dclcTll1im;J by lhe CClltral (I0"CI'IlIIl<,:1I1 ~IIlJ the SUll\.' shalllx' alhx;I!t.'d loodgraill" ;IS "pl'cifll'd in Sc!lcdllk IV EIplwl1Ili!m,- For tile purpose of lhis scction, Iilc "A nlyouaya Ann;1 Yoj~lI1~j" I11C;II1S, lhc ..clh:llh' by lhe saiLl name launched uy the C';1l1r:11 GOI'Crnl1lClll ull 11\1.' 25th da) ul Dcc":l1lber, 2(1( 10: ;llld ;IS mudi lice! frum time tu Ii Ille, (2\ The enlilicillenls of the persons belonging 10 lhe eligible households refelTed 10 in sUb-sel.'llon (I) al ..ubsidiscd pric~s sh;111 exlend up to sevenly-five per c..:nl. of the rural popul:llioll ,IllU tip 10 tifty (X:r Ct'nl, Orin\.' urban I>opuialioll, (3) Subjccl 10 ...ub-sel:lion (I). the Slale Go\'ernmClll may prO' ide to Ihe persons hdon~lllgtu eligible hotlseholds:. wheat lluur in heu of the cmilted (!u;mtlty 01 foodgrain.. III aCC(lrdalKe \I'ith '>uch guiddincs as may be !>(X:I.'ilied by lhe Celllr.11 GO\CnllllenL -I. SubJeet 10 ,>uch schemes ;IS ma)' be fr;lIlled by the Celllr.11 Go\ernmt"1l1. e\cr~ pregnanl \Hllll;lll ;ullilat'laling mother sh:lll be ellfitlcJ to- {1I1 meal. lret' of charge. Juring pregn;mt.:y and "ix mOllths after lhe dlild bir1h. thnJugh Ihc local (/1/gllnl1 (uli. 'So as 10 meet the lll11rillonal 'Standards "pcl:llicd 111 Schl'uuk II: lmll (h) nMternily benefit 01 notles" lhall mpcc~ si'l: lhousand, In ,,"ch lll~l;lllllenh"" Ill;l)' be pre'<Critx:d by lhe Cenlral Go\crnrnent; Prm ided thaI :111 pregn:mt women :lIld lact:lIl11£ IllOth.:~ in regular t'mplo)'lllcnt \\ IIh the Cl'mral Go\\.·mrnent or St:lll' Go\anmcnh 01 Public SCl:l0r Undenaking... or tho...<: \\ ho art: ill n:t'~lpl 01 "mll,lr bcnclll!> unJer .111) 1;lw lor the lime ~ing III forcc ~h:lll IInl Ix" cnlllled to h<:'ndit,> ,>pccifil'd in clause (b). RighI to 1'",,,'1:1\ t" roodgrJins JI suh,idl"',j pric·r, b)' per-ons Ixl"ng,ng 10 d'!-,iblc hQuseb"ld, under Targdcd I'llblie l)1"ril"ui"n S) Sleln I\ulriti"n"l 'urporl In rregnJIl1 "UITM:n ;111<1 l.'d~linJ: m<>llla, THI GAZETn:: 01 INDIA 1E..\TI{AQI{DI:--:i\RY-- lP-U11 II )\Ltllllwnal Wl'p"'l III .luld":01 l',e'e"lwn ." n It. "'''''I '! <.h IJ ,"~I 11111"11 Iml'I",'I<;!lrJrH.~1 lOt ,,,'hcmc.-~ fur r~.,II>~II<ln of enl'llrmenlS. 1(, hi Iv Ie,,''', 1<,,><.1 'C"UIII\ JII"",,,",, ,n nfl~", <.J'''~, (' (". •J'"I, r~f~Clcu .'uhlh VI'II,blll"'n ')) 'Ie III I;,., e, ",,,em h' r":r;orc ; ....ld,n.: ~nU ""t .1 I r r , I""I.,"I".!,,>

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