National Food Security Mission: Operational Guidelines

The National Development Council (NDC)in its 53rd meeting held on 29th May, 2007 adopted a resolution to launch a Food Security Mission comprising rice, wheat and pulses to increase the production of rice, wheat and pulses by the end of the Eleventh Plan (2011-12). Accordingly, A Centrally Sponsored Scheme, 'National Food Security Mission', has been launched from 2007-08 to operationalize the resolution. The Mission met with an overwhelming success and achieved the targeted additional production of rice, wheat and pulses. The Mission is being continued during 12th Five Year Plan with new targets. Based on past experience and feedback received from the States major changes have been made in approach, norms of financial assistance and programme implementation strategy which are reflected in the revised operational guidelines. The National Food Security Mission (NFSM) during the 12th Five Year Plan will have five components (i) NFSM- Rice; (ii) NFSM-Wheat; (iii) NFSM-Pulses, (iv) NFSM-Coarse cereals and (v) NFSM-Commercial Crops.