EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY — The National Food Security Act, 2013

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No.1257 , CUTTACK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017/ SRAVAN 12, 1939 FOOD SUPPLIES & CONSUMER WELFARE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The 1st August, 2017 No.15232 – FSCW -NFS -POL -0004/2017/FSCW. — The following draft of certain rules which the State Government propose to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sub -sections (1) and (2) of Section 40 of the National Food Security Act, 2013 (20 of 2013) is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of the said Section for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken into consideration on or after expiry of a period of fifteen days from the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette . Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the Joint Secretary to Government, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department, Odisha Secretariat, Bhubaneswar, 751001 (e-mail: fcswsc@ori.nic.in) with respect to the said draft before expiry of the period so specified above, will be considered by the State Government. DRAFT Chapter-I Preliminary 1 . Short title and commencement: — (1) These rules may be called the Odisha State Food Security (Targeted Public Distribution System) Rules, 2017 . They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette . 2 . Definitions: — (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: — (a) “Act” means the National Food Security Act, 2013 (20 of 2013); (b) "Appellant" means a party which makes an appeal against the order of the District Grievance Redressal Officer; (c) "complaint" means a representation in writing or through electronic means containing a grievance with regard to distribution of entitlements under the Act; (d) "Corpus Fund" means the fund created b