Piqued by Tamil Nadu not securing a top rank in the Central government’s first edition of State Ranking Index for the National Food Security Act (NFSA), State officials dealing with civil supplies and public distribution are trying to ascertain the reasons.
Despite distributing free rice to virtually all the ration cardholders for over 10 years and well before the law was enacted, the State has secured only the ninth rank with 0.778 marks among the 20 general category States and Union Territories, according to the Index that was made public last month.
