National Food Security Act, 2013
Chapter VIII
Obligations of Central Government for Food Security
22. Central Government to allocate required
quantity of food-grains from central pool to State Governments.
1. The
Central Government shall, for ensuring the regular supply of food-grains to persons
belonging to eligible households, allocate from the central pool the required
quantity of food-grains to the State Governments under the Targeted Public
Distribution System, as per the entitlements under section 3 and at prices
specified in Schedule I.
2. The
Central Government shall allocate food-grains in accordance with the number of
persons belonging to the eligible households identified in each State under
section 10.
3. The
Central Government shall provide food-grains in respect of entitlements under
sections 4, 5 and section 6, to the State Governments, at prices specified for
the persons belonging to eligible households in Schedule I.
4. Without
prejudice to sub-section (1), the Central Government shall,—
a.
procure food-grains for the central pool through its own
agencies and the State Governments and their agencies;
b.
allocate food-grains to the States;
c.
provide for transportation of food-grains, as per allocation, to
the depots designated by the Central Government in each State;
d.
provide assistance to the State Government in meeting the
expenditure incurred by it towards intra-State movement, handling of
food-grains and margins paid to fair price shop dealers, in accordance with
such norms and manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government; and
e.
create and maintain required modern and scientific storage
facilities at various levels.