Team News Riveting
Raipur, July 5
Chhattisgarh has secured 19th position in the ranking of states for the implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
Odisha has topped the list with a score of 0.836, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 0.797 and Andhra Pradesh with a score of 0.794. Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal today released the ‘State Ranking Index for NFSA’, 2022, during a conference of state food ministers on food and nutrition security in India.
With a score of 0.654, Chhattisgarh has secured the second last position in the ranking followed by Goa with 0.631. Madhya Pradesh has secured sixth position with 0.786 score while Jharkhand bagged 10th place with a score of 0.754.
In the comprehensive country-level index, Chhattisgarh stood at 22nd position. The state has been ranked at the 16th position in the delivery platform that denotes evaluating the process of allocation, movement, recording inventory, and transactions besides last mile delivery.
In the nutrition initiatives that denotes distribution of fortified grains through TPDS (Targeted Public Distribution System), Chhattisgarh has secured third position while Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh bagged seventh and 10th position respectively.
The current version of the Index measures the effectiveness of NFSA implementation majorly through operations and initiatives under TPDS. The Index denotes only the efficiency of TPDS operations, it does not reflect the level of hunger, if any or malnutrition, or both, in a particular State or union territory, the report clarified.
The latest data on the selected indicators was collected in collaboration with the respective Food and Civil Supplies Departments in the states and union territories. Consultations with the Department and states and union territories were also organized to arrive at suitable indicators and assign adequate weightages to the critical pillars of the Index.
