Correct option is C
✅ (c) 2013
· The National Food Security Act (NFSA) was enacted in 2013.
· Aims to provide subsidized food grains to about two-thirds of India’s population.
· Legal entitlements under the act include 5 kg of food grains per person per month.
· Came into effect on 5th July 2013.
❌ (a) 2015
· Incorrect; by 2015, NFSA had already been passed and was in the implementation phase.
· Not the year of enactment.
❌ (b) 2016
· NFSA was operational in several states by 2016, but this is not the year of its passage.
· Incorrect option.
❌ (d) 2014
· NFSA was already law by 2014; although implementation was staggered, enactment happened in 2013.
· Incorrect year.