The National Food Security Act (NFSA) (EN/HI), 2013 provides for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

This Act was published in the Gazette of India on 10th of September, 2013 but deemed to have come into force on the 5th of July, 2013.

As per the provisions under section 16 of this Act, every State Government shall, by notification, constitute a State Food Commission for the purpose of monitoring and review of implementation of this Act.

Subsequently, Government of Jharkhand decided to constitute an exclusive commission and accordingly the Department of Food, Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs, constituted Jharkhand State Food Commission vide Notification No. 1632 on 13th April, 2017. Pursuant to the said notification, offers of appointment were issued to appoint Mr. Sudhir Prasad, I.A.S.(Retd.) as the first Chairperson of the Commission along with Shri Upendra Narayan Oraon, I.A.S.(Retd.), Smt. Bina Mishra, Mr. R.K Karan, Mr. Haldhar Mahto and Ranjana Kumari as Members. All of them assumed charge between 14th April to 15th May 2017. Subsequently Mr. Sunil Kumar Sinha (J.A.S) assumed charge as Member Secretary.