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 18: Designation of any Commission or body to function as State Commission.
    The State Government may, if considers it necessary, by notification, designate any statutory commission or a body to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the State Commission referred to in section 16.
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