The National Food Security Mission (NFSM) aims to enhance the production of :

(I) Pulses

(II) Vegetables

(III) Rice

(IV) Wheat

(V) Fruits

(VI) Coarse cereals

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points

• National Food Security Mission (NFSM)
  • The National Development Council (NDC) in its 53rd meeting held on 29th May 2007 adopted a resolution to launch a Food Security Mission comprising rice, wheat, and pulses to increase the annual production of rice by 10 million tonnes, wheat by 8 million tonnes, and pulses by 2 million tonnes by the end of the Eleventh Plan (2011-12).
  • Accordingly, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, 'National Food Security Mission (NFSM), was launched in October 2007
  • The Mission met with an overwhelming success and achieved the targeted additional production of rice, wheat, and pulses.
  • The Mission continued during the 12th Five Year Plan with new targets of additional production of food grains of 25 million tonnes of food grains comprising of 10 million tonnes rice, 8 million tonnes of wheat, 4 million tonnes of pulses, and 3 million tonnes of coarse cereals by the end of 12th Five Year Plan. Hence, option 2 is correct.

Additional Information

• Major Components of NFSM 
  • ​National Food Security Mission – Rice (NFSM-Rice)
  • National Food Security Mission – Wheat (NFSM-Wheat)
  • National Food Security Mission – Pulses (NFSM-Pulses)
  • National Food Security Mission - Coarse cereals (NFSM-Coarse cereals)
  • National Food Security Mission – Nutri cereals (NFSM- Nutri cereals)
  • National Food Security Mission – Commercial crops (NFSM-Commercial crops)
  • National Food Security Mission – Oilseeds and Oilpalm (NFSM-Oilseeds)
  • National Food Security Mission – Seed village program