Karnataka to set up food commission

Karnataka has cleared the decks for setting up the State Food Commission, a State-level quasi judicial regulatory body to monitor issues related to the public distribution system, such as the Anna Bhagya scheme of supplying foodgrains at nominal cost and supply of food to anganwadis under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).

Karnataka was the third State in the country, after Bihar and Haryana, to set up such a commission under the provisions of the National Food Security Act.

Panel members

·        The chairman and members will be chosen by a committee headed by the Chief Minister.

·        The selection committee will comprise presiding officers and leaders of the Opposition of both Houses of the State legislature, and the Food Minister as its members.

The general public can take up any issue or grievance related to food in the public sector with the proposed commission

Source: The Hindu