Summary:
Anil Baijal (File) Anil Baijal (File)Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has sought a report from the Delhi government over the functioning of the Public Grievance Commission (PGC) as the State Food Commission (SFC). Several states, including Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, have a functioning SFC. In 2013, the then Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung had notified that the PGC will function as the SFC. “L-G Baijal has sought a report from the PGC in terms of its functioning as the SFC under the NFS Act,” said a letter to the PGC chairman on June 14. SFC is a body mandated under the National Food Security (NFS) Act, 2013, to monitor and ensure the effective implementation of food and nutrition-related schemes such as Mid-Day Meal scheme and ICDS..