Odisha to implement National Food Security Act

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha government today said it would ensure implementation of the National Food Security Act in the entire state in a phased manner by July 2015, official sources said.

"The administrative preparations have been initiated to implement the NFSA in the entire state in phases by July, 2015," Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Secretary M S Padhi told reporters here after Chief Secretary G C Pati reviewed the progress made in this matter.

Asking the officials to take help of information technology (IT) for quick identification of the beneficiaries, Pati directed the FSCW department to ensure that needy people are not deprived of the facility.

The scheme envisages uniform entitlement of 5 kg per person per month for Priority households. Existing AAY households will get 35 kg of rice per household per month as before.