Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Food Security Act is not correct?
The Act was enacted in the year 2013.
The Act was rolled out in the year 2014.
The Act legally entitles 67 percent of the population to receive highly subsidised food grains.
The Act is not being implemented in all the States/Union Territories.
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CDS-2 – 2020
Statement A is correct; the Act was enacted in 2013. Statement C is correct; it legally entitles about 67 percent of the population to receive subsidised food grains. Statement B, claiming it was rolled out in 2014, is partially correct in that implementation began in some states, but the full nationwide rollout was not completed in 2014. However, statement D, which says “The Act is not being implemented in all the States/Union Territories” (as of 2019-20 context), is factually incorrect. By 2016, the vast majority of states and UTs had implemented the Act, and by 2019, it was universally implemented.