The enactment of the NFSA (National Food Security Act) 2013 on 5th July 2013 marks a paradigm shift in the approach to food security from welfare to a rights-based approach. The NFSA Act was rolled out in the year 2014. The Act legally entitles up to 75 percent of the rural population and 50 percent of the urban population to receive subsidized foodgrains under the Targeted Public Distribution System. About two-thirds of the population thus is covered under the Act to receive highly subsidised foodgrains. The NFSA 2013 is being implemented in all the States or UTs, on an all India basis. Out of maximum coverage of 81.35 crore, around 80 crore persons have been covered under NFSA at present for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains. The identification of beneficiaries by States/UTs is a continuous process, which involves exclusion of ineligible or fake or duplicate ration cards and also exclusion on account of death, migration etc. and inclusion on account of birth as also that of genuine left-out households.