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National Food Security Act

What free food rations hide: A rollback of social security in India

Jean Drèze
· Jan 02, 2023 · 10:50 am
Why does India struggle to battle hunger?

Ananya Sharma
· Oct 20, 2021 · 09:00 am
A year since ‘One Nation, One Ration’ was implemented, why hasn’t it taken off?

Vijayta Lalwani
· Jul 06, 2021 · 09:00 am
With 45% of Indians excluded from the food security net, it’s time to univeralise the PDS

Swati Narayan
· Jun 20, 2021 · 07:30 am
One year on, access to subsidised food remains a crucial challenge for migrant workers

Vikas Kumar
· May 08, 2021 · 09:00 am
NITI Aayog recommends curtailing coverage under food security law to save on subsidies: Report

Scroll Staff
· Feb 28, 2021 · 01:48 pm
Provide free ration to even those without ration cards, say activists, as Centre extends scheme

Scroll Staff
· Jul 01, 2020 · 08:06 am
Modi government’s ‘One Nation, One Ration’ is an attempt to deflect attention from actual solutions

Reetika Khera
· Jun 17, 2020 · 07:30 am
100 million Indians fall through gaps in food safety net, economists urge rethink on Covid-19 relief

Scroll Staff
· Apr 15, 2020 · 04:10 pm
Does India really have the capacity to implement Modi’s mega health scheme?

Radha Khan Suvojit Chattopadhyay
· Oct 01, 2018 · 02:30 pm
Delhi HC tells state government to submit timeline for implementing National Food Security Act

Scroll Staff
· Aug 17, 2018 · 08:27 pm
Not just Kiran Bedi: Officials in many states have used coercive tactics to battle open defecation

Soumya Rao
· Apr 29, 2018 · 08:32 pm
Beyond the magazine cover, here is the conversation about breastfeeding that we need to have

Nayantara Narayanan
· Mar 08, 2018 · 08:45 am
Mothers in Uttar Pradesh are still waiting for the money the Prime Minister promised them in 2016

Priyanka Vora
· Dec 20, 2017 · 02:30 pm
No Aadhaar, no food rations: 11 stories that show the Jharkhand child death was no aberration

Stuti Pachisia
· Oct 20, 2017 · 09:00 am
Rajasthan: NHRC issues notice to government over ‘I am poor’ graffiti

Scroll Staff
· Jun 28, 2017 · 04:01 pm
Rajasthan: ‘I am poor’ stamped on walls of homes that receive food grains at lower rates in Dausa

Scroll Staff
· Jun 22, 2017 · 02:30 pm
Four videos that show why Rajasthan needs to desperately fix its public distribution system

Reetika Khera
· Mar 09, 2017 · 10:30 am
Modi's rebranded maternity benefits scheme may actually reduce extent of coverage

Anumeha Yadav
· Feb 25, 2017 · 04:45 pm
In a village in Uttar Pradesh, food is always on the minds of its residents

Supriya Sharma
· Feb 14, 2017 · 09:00 am