Percentage of Beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act 2013 in India from 2015-16 to 2019-20

The percentage of beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act 2013 was 95.18% in India during 2015-16. It has surged by 3.83% to 99.01% during 2016-17 above 2015-16. We have seen annual decline of -1.62% in percentage of beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act 2013 in India during 2018-19 from 99.24% during 2017-18. The percentage of beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act 2013 in India was 99.51% during 2019-20, up by 1.89% against 97.62% during 2018-19.

The maximum value of 99.51% has been seen in 2019-20 in percentage of beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act 2013 in India during the period under consideration.

Note: Source: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/resources/sustainable-development-goals-national-indicator-framework-version-21-2020

Resource Title: Sustainable Development Goals National Indicator Framework (Version 2.1) – 2020