Act Number: 20

Act Name: The National Food Security Act, 2013

Year: 2013

Enactment Date: 2013-09-10

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Food and Public Distribution

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the National Food Security Act, 2013.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India.
     (3) Save as otherwise provided, it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of July, 2013.
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