WEST BENGAL STATE FOOD COMMISSION

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WEST BENGAL STATE FOOD COMMISSION

The National Food Security Act, 2013 (Act 20 of 2013) has been enacted 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(from preamble to the National Food Security Act 2013). The Act provides a framework for supply of entitled quantity of food gains as Specified in schedule-II of the Act. This entitled Supply is called “Food Security” in the Act. The Act provides for mechanism for procurement and supply of food grains to the end of dealers or so called fair price shops (FPS) and further off take of entitled food grains there from. It also provides for delivery of meals from Aanganwadis and schools to eligible children and supplementary nutrition to pregnant women and lactating mothers from Aanganwadis.

PDS
MID DAY MEALS
ICDS
MATERNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMMES

PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (PDS)

The Public Distribution System (PDS) evolved as a system of management of scarcity through distribution of food grains at affordable prices. Over the years, PDS has become an important part of Government’s policy for management of food economy in the country.

  • Total ration card as on date- 8,79,96,410
  • Total Aadhaar linked Ration Card-8,23,62,173
  • Mobile linked family account- 1,28,40,091
  • Total Application Submitted-1,16,70,524
  • Total Application Approved-1,08,37,007
  • Total Application Rejected-4,44,010
  • Total Application Disposed-1,12,81,017

Current data to be seen in: www.food.wb.gov.in

PDS records (As on 31.12.2022)

MID DAY MEALS (MDM)

Mid-day meal (MDM) is wholesome lunch served to children in government and government-aided schools in India. On 28 November 2001, the Supreme Court of India passed a mandate stating, "We direct the State Governments/Union Territories to implement the Mid Day Meal Scheme by providing every child in every Government and Government assisted Primary School with a prepared midday meal."

DISTRICT REGISTERED SCHOOLS REPORTED SCHOOLS
Alipurduar 1629 1369
Bankura 4917 4053
Birbhum 3816 2864
Cooch Bihar 3246 2301
Dakshin Dinajpur 2249 1633
Darjiling 1055 25
Hoogly 4147 4080
Howrah 3028 2581
Jalpaiguri 2258 805
Jhargram 2353 1586
Kalingpong 458 2
Kolkata 1958 754
Maldah 3310 3000
Murshidabad 5872 5565
Nadia 4110 3626
North 24 Parganas 5759 5210
Paschim Bardhaman 1700 1466
Paschim Medinipur 6496 5856
Purba Bardhaman 4659 4398
Purba Medinipur 5811 5811
Puruliya 4319 4051
Siliguri 804 629
South 24 Parganas 6216 5298
Uttar Dinagpur 2995 2673

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)

Launched on 2nd October, 1975, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is one of the world's largest and unique programmes for early childhood care and development.

The Programme is operated through ANGANWADIs, a type of child day care centre in the State.The ANGANWADI centers were started as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition.

ICDS records (As on 31.12.2022)

  • Total Aanganwadis Centers- 1,19,481
  • Operational Aanganwadis Centers- 1,19,481
  • Aanganwadis Centers in Govt./Community/Schools/Building- 2,147
  • Aanganwadis Centers with drinking water facility- Nil
  • Aanganwadis Centers in Rented Building- 639
  • Aanganwadis Centers Toilet Facility- 78,536

MATERNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMMES

Section 4 of the National Food Security Act 2013 speaks of provision of meal free of charge during pregnancy and upto 6 months after child birth.