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Highlighting the increasing value of nutrient security, Minister for Agriculture and Mandya district-in-Charge N. Chaluvarayaswamy connected Friday said that everyone indispensable recognize the worth of food, observing that India has moved from a signifier of nutrient scarcity to becoming a food-exporting nation.
He was speaking aft inaugurating the National Consumers’ Day–2025 and Food Safety and Legal Awareness Programme astatine Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Bhavan here. The lawsuit was jointly organised by the District Consumer Information Centre, the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, the Legal Metrology Department, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Karnataka State Food Commission, the District Legal Services Authority and the District Advocates’ Association.
The Minister said the Food Security Act, introduced during the tenure of erstwhile Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, aimed astatine ensuring nutrient information for each citizens by providing prime nutrient to the mediocre astatine affordable prices. Under the Act, 5 kg of nutrient grains per idiosyncratic was distributed. In Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah enhanced the allocation to 10 kg of atom per idiosyncratic to marque the State hunger-free.
To forestall irregularities successful atom distribution, the authorities has decided to supply alternatives specified arsenic ragi, wheat and edible oil, helium said. “While immoderate radical inactive lacked entree to food, others were misusing the benefits,” helium added, stressing that it was the government’s work to guarantee that consumers did not look hardship.
Mr. Chaluvarayaswamy said the Food Commission was taking steps to guarantee justness to consumers and that the territory medication indispensable instrumentality nutrient information measures. “Protecting user rights done due enforcement of laws was the government’s duty,” helium said.
Speaking connected the occasion, Karnataka State Food Commission Chairperson H. Krishna said consciousness programmes were being conducted to forestall consumers from being cheated and to amended them astir user laws. He said providing nutrient information astatine affordable prices was the halfway nonsubjective of the Food Security Act.
He emphasised that technological nutrient information practices indispensable beryllium followed astatine just terms shops. Issues related to the cancellation of ration cards were being addressed, and consumers could lodge complaints successful cases of injustice, with strict enactment to beryllium taken against erring officials. Action would beryllium initiated if poor-quality nutrient was recovered successful the mid-day repast scheme, helium said.
He said nutritious nutrient and fiscal assistance were being provided to large women and lactating mothers done anganwadi centres, portion malnourished children were being treated and fixed nutritional supplements.
