The Ministry of Food Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Govt. of India felt a need for concurrent evaluation and monitoring of functioning of National Food Security Act, 2013. The purpose of the concurrent evaluation is for more in-depth, incisive and comprehensive monitoring of the implementation process on regular basis for adequate empirical evidence for the qualitative evaluation of the NFSA programme. The main objective for this evaluation is to assess the overall implementation of NFSA 2013 throughout the state from the systematic level till the beneficiary level.
This Ministry Empanelled the SIRD&PR, Mizoram to conduct Concurrent Evaluation in Mizoram since 2018 till date. At the outset, Serchhip, Mamit, Champhai, Lunglei, Siaha, Aizawl East Districts were completed this exercise and submitted reports to the government.