National Food Security Act to be implemented in Tamil Nadu from November 1
Posted on: 28/Oct/2016 4:26:27 PM
Finance Minster Panneerselvam convened a cabinet meeting yesterday. In this meeting it was decided to implement the National Food Security Act from November 1.
A government order to this effect was issued by Chief Secretary P. Rama Mohana Rao, after getting the consent of the Election Commission.
Now there will be no ceiling on the entitlement of rice as the law mandates that each person be given 5 kg a month.
At present, the maximum rice entitlement per card is 20 kg a month. Besides, each child is being given 2 kg a month and each adult, 4 kg a month.
But after the introduction of the Act, all beneficiaries, irrespective of age, are entitled to 5 kg every month.
