VETERANS FORUM FOR TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC LIFE THROUGH ITS ORGANIZING SECRETARY Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ANOTHER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Veterans Forum for Transparency in Public Life and Organization (Petitioner) espousing the cause of down trodden, has filed the instant petition praying for the following relief:

(2.) Having perused the response so filed by the State, we find that necessary steps for implementing the provisions of the National Food Security Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act') stand taken and directions issued by the State of Himachal Pradesh. The State does not dispute its obligation, to implement the provisions of the Act, in raising the level of nutrition and standard of living of the residents.

(3.) For eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, being one of the goals under the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations, the Act came to be notified by the Central Government w.e.f. 10th September, 201