• National Food Security Mission (NFSM): Launched in October 2007 (during the 11th Five Year Plan) as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme based on the recommendations of the National Development Council (NDC). The core primary objective was to enhance the production of rice, wheat, and pulses by 10, 8, and 2 million tonnes respectively by the end of the 11th Plan (2011-12) through area expansion and productivity enhancement in targeted districts.
• Scope Expansion: Coarse cereals (millets) were incorporated later during the 12th Five Year Plan (2014-15), and commercial crops (cotton, jute, sugarcane) were integrated under NFSM in subsequent operational modifications, while original mandate strictly targeted rice, wheat, and pulses.
• Distractors: Vegetable and oilseed production are governed under dedicated separate centrally sponsored missions (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture - MIDH, and National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm - NMOOP / NMEO-OP).

Correct option: (3) Rice, wheat and pulses only