law: National Food Security Act, 2013 
  Chapter VIII
  Obligations of Central Government for Food Security
  22.  Central Government to allocate required
  
  quantity of food-grains from central pool to State Governments.
  1.       The
  
  Central Government shall, for ensuring the regular supply of food-grains to persons
  
  belonging to eligible households, allocate from the central pool the required
  
  quantity of food-grains to the State Governments under the Targeted Public
  
  Distribution System, as per the entitlements under section 3 and at prices
  
  specified in Schedule I.
  2.       The
  
  Central Government shall allocate food-grains in accordance with the number of
  
  persons belonging to the eligible households identified in each State under
  
  section 10.
  3.       The
  
  Central Government shall provide food-grains in respect of entitlements under
  
  sections 4, 5 and section 6, to the State Governments, at prices specified for
  
  the persons belonging to eligible households in Schedule I.
  4.       Without
  
  prejudice to sub-section (1), the Central Government shall,—
  a.     
  
    procure food-grains for the central pool through its own
  
  agencies and the State Governments and their agencies;
  b.    
  
    allocate food-grains to the States;
  c.     
  
    provide for transportation of food-grains, as per allocation, to
  
  the depots designated by the Central Government in each State;
  d.    
  
    provide assistance to the State Government in meeting the
  
  expenditure incurred by it towards intra-State movement, handling of
  
  food-grains and margins paid to fair price shop dealers, in accordance with
  
  such norms and manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government; and
  e.     
  
    create and maintain required modern and scientific storage
  
  facilities at various levels.