Section 9
Coverage of population under Targeted Public Distribution System.
The National Food Security Act, 2013
About this Act
An Act to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The percentage
coverage under the Targeted Public Distribution System in rural and urban areas for each State shall,
subject to sub-section (2) of section 3, be determined by the Central Government and the total number of
persons to be covered in such rural and urban areas of the State shall be calculated on the basis of the
population estimates as per the census of which the relevant figures have been published.