Consider the following Statements about NFSA and choose the option with correct Statements.
(I)- The NFSA Act covers about two-thirds of the entire Indian population.
(II)- AAY households encompass the households headed by widows or disabled persons or persons aged 60 years or more with no assured means of subsistence or societal support. And they are part of NFSA’s beneficiaries list.
(III)- Priority Households (PHH) is a category of NFSA beneficiaries those who are nor registered poor, neither hold ration cards.
The Act covers two-thirds of the entire population under two categories of beneficiaries: Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households Priority Households (PHH) AAY households encompass the households headed by widows or disabled persons or persons aged 60 years or more with no assured means of subsistence or societal support. It usually takes into account the households of those below the poverty line too. It also includes support for women and children. NFSA gives the right to receive food-grains at subsidized prices by people belonging to eligible households, i.e., the PHH. A major section of the ration cardholders in the priority sector comes under this category. This is an effort to alleviate poverty. The work of identification of eligible households within the coverage under TPDS determined for each state is to be done by the states and the UTs.
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