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INCLok Sabha 2009WelfareHeadline promisemeasurable

Enact a National Food Security Act giving BPL families 25 kg of rice or wheat a month at Rs 3 per kg

“every family living below the poverty line either in rural or urban areas will be entitled, by law, to 25 kgs of rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 per kg.”
— Lok Sabha Election 2009 Manifesto - Indian National Congress, page 11
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The verdict

The National Food Security Act was signed on 12 September 2013, within the term. It gives 5 kg per person per month to about two thirds of the population at Rs 1-3 per kg, not 25 kg per BPL family. The source read does not mention community kitchens.

Rule applied: Kept with a small dilution → 9

Implied deadline (end of term): 26 May 2014Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
9/10

Evidence timeline

  1. Other12 Sept 2013· Wikipediasupports
    National Food Security Act, 2013 ↗

    “It was signed into law on 12 September 2013 ... entitled to 5 kilograms of cereals per person per month ... Rice at Rs 3 per kg.”

Promise ID inc-ls-2009-002 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON