Inclusion Of Disabled In NFSA, 2013

• 25 Aug 2020

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has asked State Governments/UTs to include all eligible disabled persons under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013.

Highlights

• The disabled persons should get their entitled quota of food grains under NFSA & Pradhan MantriGaribKalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) as per provisions of the Act.
• Those not already covered should be issued fresh ration cards as per the eligibility criteria.
• The disable person should also be covered by States/UTs under the priority households as per the criteria of identification evolved by them.
• The Section 10 of the NFSA provides for identification and coverage of persons under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Disability is one of the criteria for inclusion of beneficiaries under AAY households.