Comments on Draft National Food Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026
Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Title
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Abstract
This policy submission by the Centre for Child and the Law (CCL), NLSIU critiques India’s Draft National Food Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026, arguing that shifting the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) ration to a strict per-person metric drastically cuts food security for ultra-poor micro-households while penalising large families with an arbitrary 35 kg cap. To resolve these inequities and transition from basic caloric security to holistic nutritional rights, CCL recommends guaranteeing a 35 kg minimum floor per AAY household, raising individual Priority Household rations from 5 kg to 7 kg, and universalising the Public Distribution System (PDS) to cover over 100 million people currently excluded by outdated 2011 Census data. Furthermore, the submission urges the legal inclusion of pulses, millets, and milk into food schemes to tackle micronutrient deficiencies, alongside expanding school meals up to age 18 and eliminating technology-driven biometric exclusions.
Publication Date
7-13-2026
Recommended Citation
(CCL), Centre for Child and the Law, "Comments on Draft National Food Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026" (2026). Legal and Policy Submissions. 1.
https://repository.nls.ac.in/faculty_legal-and-policy-submissions/1