Chhattisgarh
Food Security Act
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Demands
of the Right to Food Campaign
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Public
Distribution System - Coverage
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Every
person except income tax payees; households
in non-scheduled areas who own more than 4 hectares of irrigated land or 8
hectares of non-irrigated land; households in urban areas that own a pucca
house with carpet area more than 1,000 sq. ft. and are liable to pay property
tax.
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Universal coverage
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Public
Distribution System – Entitlements
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Antyodaya households:
35 kg foodgrain at Re 1/kg
2 kg pulses at Re 10/kg (in non-scheduled areas)
2 kg chana at Rs 5/kg (in Scheduled areas)
2 kg
iodised salt (free)
Priority households:
35 kg foodgrain at Rs 2/kg
2 kg pulses at Rs 10/kg (in non-scheduled areas)
2 kg chana at Rs 5/kg (in scheduled areas)
2 kg iodized salt (free)
General households:
15 kg foodgrain at Rs 9.50/kg for rice and Rs 7.50/kg for wheat
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As per ICMR norms:
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Foodgrains: 14 kg/adult/month or 50 kg /household/month
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Oil: 800 gm/adult/month or 2.8
kg/household/month
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Pulses: 1.5 kg/adult/month or 5.25 kg/ household/ month
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Entitlements
for Children
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Children
aged 6 months to 3 years: Take home ration through
Anganwadis, with 500 Kcal calories and 12-15 gm protein per meal
Children
aged 3 years to 6 years: Morning
snack and hot cooked meal, with 500 Kcal calories and 12-15 gm protein per
day
Children in Lower Primary
Classes: Hot cooked meal in school, with 450 Kcal calories and 12 gm protein
per meal
Children in Upper Primary
Classes: Hot cooked meal in school, with 700 Kcal calories and 20 gm protein
Children aged 6 months to 6
years who are malnourished: Take home ration through anganwadis, with 800
Kcal calories and 20-25 gram protein per meal
Children in hostels and
ashrams: Subsidised grain at prescribed prices, prices not prescribed in the
act but in subsequent guidelines or notifications
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Universalisation
of all ICDS services (in accordance with Supreme Court orders). Improvement
in quality of ICDS services through improved norms for infrastructure,
supplementary nutrition, training and capacity building, provision of second
anganwadi worker etc.
Nutritious
hot cooked locally prepared food for all children in the Midday Meals Scheme
and ICDS.
Provision for
management of all forms of malnutrition including additional supplements,
healthcare and appropriate treatment. Crèches in the community and workplace,
where ever required, including NREGA worksites, as an essential intervention
to fight malnutrition.
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Entitlements
for Pregnant and Lactating Women
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Take
home ration through anganwadis, with 600 Kcal and 18-20 gm protein per meal,
during pregnancy and up to six months after childbirth
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Nutritious
take home rations (in accordance with Supreme Court orders).
Universal maternity
entitlements for at least 6 months at no less than the minimum wage.
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Community
Kitchens
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Free
meals through “Dal Bhat” centres or take home rations through panchayats
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Community kitchens
which provide at least one affordable (free for persons in destitution)
nutritious hot meal a day.
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Emergency
and Disasters
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Meals,
free of charge for up to 3 months, through emergency relief operations
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Meals,
free of charge for up to 6 months, through emergency relief operations
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People
living with hunger/in starvation conditions
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Free
meals for up to 6 months
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At
least two meals a day, greater quantities of subsidised foodgrains and
assured wage employment
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Chhattisgarh National Food Security Act and Demands of Right to Food Campaign
