The centrality of nutrition for better health outcomes is well recognized. The nutritional status of individuals, families, and communities depends on the food they consume. This is in turn determined by the availability, acceptability, and affordability of food. Thus, improving the health of the people requires improving their nutrition through better and more nutritious food. This is where agriculture plays an important role not only as a means of producing diverse, nutritious, safer food that is affordable but also through pathways like improved household access to nutritious food, improved income, women's empowerment (Roy D., 2019). The present paper analyses the determinants of nutritional security in public distribution system in the State of Goa. Further, an attempt is made to study the influence of determinants of food security on the nutritional security among the beneficiaries of public distribution system in the State of Goa. For the purpose of the study the responses from 114 beneficiaries are collected and are analyzed with the statistical tool such as factor analysis and regression analysis. The result indicate that Cooperation from Fair Price Shop Owner, Affordability and adequacy of foodgrains and Availability of food grains are having significant influence on the nutritional security on public distribution system.

Key words – Public Distribution System, Nutritional Security, Food Security.