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 6: Prevention and management of child malnutrition.
    The State Government shall, through the local anganwadi, identify and provide meals, free of charge, to children who suffer from malnutrition, so as to meet the nutritional standards specified in Schedule II.
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