India, June 25 -- The Union government has proposed replacing the fixed 35kg monthly foodgrain quota for Antyodaya Anna Yojana households with a 7kg per-person entitlement.

The draft National Food Security amendment retains a 35kg cap per household, which experts say will continue to disadvantage families with more than five members.

Food rights experts say the proposal addresses only cereals and does not include pulses, edible oils or other nutrition support for India's poorest households.

The amendment does not address wider concerns over outdated NFSA coverage, biometric failures and access barriers in the Public Distribution System.

For India's poorest families, the amount of subsidised grain they receive may soon depend on how ma...