NEW DELHI: The food ministry on Thursday extended the deadline by six months for implementation of the food security law by the state governments.
The food law, which came into force in July last year, was to be implemented by all the state governments within a year - by July 4, 2014. Since only 11 states had either fully or partially implemented the scheme, the ministry had extended the deadline by three months, which ended on October 4. But the remaining states could not put in place the necessary infrastructure and mechanism for rolling out the welfare scheme.
Announcing the extension of the deadline, food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said out of the 11 states that have rolled out the scheme, only five states have implemented the scheme fully.
In September last year, Parliament had passed the Food Security Act under which each eligible person would get 5 kg of rice and wheat at Rs 3 and Rs 2 per kg respectively. The existing Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) poorest of the poor households, will continue to receive 35 kg of foodgrains per family a month.
The implementation of the law would increase the Centre's food subsidy bill by Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 1.31 lakh crore while the grains requirement would rise by 6-8 million tonnes from the current 55 million tonnes annually.
Meanwhile, the Centre is focusing more on whether the state governments have built adequate capacity to implement the scheme. The food ministry has even sought details of the preparedness in states where the scheme is in force.
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