Know All About Garib Kalyan Yojana — the Scheme PM Modi Extended to Ensure Free Ration for 80 Cr People
3 years, 6 months ago

Know All About Garib Kalyan Yojana — the Scheme PM Modi Extended to Ensure Free Ration for 80 Cr People

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana will be extended till Diwali. The Centre launched the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in March, 2020 to distribute foodgrains quota of 5 kg per person per month free of cost to ameliorate the hardship faced by the poor due to economic disruption caused by Covid-19. Under this scheme additional 5 kg wheat and rice along with 1 kg pulses to each family per month is provided to beneficiaries registered under the National Food Security Act via ration shops. Under the PMGKAY last year, over 200 lakh tonne of free food grains were provided amounting to a fiscal outgo of over Rs 75,000 crore, covering 80.96 crores NFSA beneficiaries.

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PM Modi highlights India's success at poverty alleviation at G20 Summit in Rio de Janerio
1 month ago

PM Modi highlights India's success at poverty alleviation at G20 Summit in Rio de Janerio

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Over 800 million people in India are given free food grains said Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, while sharing India's success stories during the G20 session on `Social Inclusion and the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty, in Rio on Monday. "Over the last 10 years we have lifted 250 million people out of poverty, 550 million people are benefiting …

Beneficiaries to get dal, oil, sugar instead of cash in Karnataka
4 months, 1 week ago

Beneficiaries to get dal, oil, sugar instead of cash in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The state government may give oil, dal, sugar and other food items, instead of 5 kg of rice to beneficiaries under its Anna Bhagya scheme. In a survey conducted by the state government, 93% of the beneficiaries showed interest in getting other essentials along with 5 kg rice, instead of additional 5 kg, said Food and Civil Supply Minister …

‘Beneficiaries getting surplus food grains’: Rajnath Singh hails free ration scheme
6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Beneficiaries getting surplus food grains’: Rajnath Singh hails free ration scheme

Hindustan Times  

Under the Centre's flagship free ration scheme, beneficiaries were getting more food grains than they could consume, and were selling the surplus in the market, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. Rajnath Singh “Are you not getting five kg food grains?” he asked attendees at an election rally in Bihar's Karakat Lok Sabha constituency. Singh, however, stated that the …

No rice for poor under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in tribal hill districts, Manipur CM told
7 months, 1 week ago

No rice for poor under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in tribal hill districts, Manipur CM told

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI: The nexus between government officials and transport contractors has deprived the poor in at least two tribal hill districts of Manipur of rice under a Prime Minister’s scheme for months, a people’s rights group has told Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh. The Movement for People’s Rights Forum, Manipur on May 17 sought the Chief Minister’s intervention against the …

Congress Vows to Double Free Rations if Voted to Power
7 months, 1 week ago

Congress Vows to Double Free Rations if Voted to Power

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday claimed that the BJP is "spreading lies" about food rations in India and asserted that what Karnataka has accomplished through its 10 kg free rice guarantee scheme of 'Anna Bhagya' will now be implemented across the country by an INDIA bloc government.The party's assertion came a day after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced that …

Modi govt spent ₹15.6 lakh crores on food grain subsidies in past 5 years, reveals RTI
9 months ago

Modi govt spent ₹15.6 lakh crores on food grain subsidies in past 5 years, reveals RTI

Op India  

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has informed that the Narendra Modi-led-Central government has spent ₹15.6 lakh crores on subsidies for food grains since 2018. An RTI was filed by activist Piyush Tripathi, seeking information about the cost incurred by the Centre for the distribution of wheat, rice and important food grains in the past 5 years. …

Govt pegs food subsidy outgo for FY25 at ₹2.05 tr; breaches ₹2 tr for FY24
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Govt pegs food subsidy outgo for FY25 at ₹2.05 tr; breaches ₹2 tr for FY24

Live Mint  

The government has pegged its food subsidy outgo for the 2024-25 financial year at ₹2.05 trillion, after it overshot its estimate for the ongoing fiscal year amid efforts to curb rising food prices and ensure domestic food security. The government’s food subsidy bill has already hit ₹2.12 trillion in FY24, higher than the budgeted estimate of ₹1.97 trillion for the …

FCI overhaul a landmark, says food minister on its 60th anniversary
11 months, 1 week ago

FCI overhaul a landmark, says food minister on its 60th anniversary

Hindustan Times  

India’s self-sufficiency in food, which ensures no citizen in the world’s most populous country sleeps hungry, is one of the “greatest achievements in human history”, Union minister of food, commerce and consumer affairs Piyush Goyal said on Sunday, lauding the role of the Food Corporation of India on its 60th founding anniversary. Union minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday addressed the …

Union Cabinet decides to extend free foodgrains scheme for five years
1 year ago

Union Cabinet decides to extend free foodgrains scheme for five years

The Hindu  

November 29, 2023 01:51 pm | Updated 09:16 pm IST - New Delhi Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at an election rally in Chhattisgarh that he would extend for another five years the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana — the scheme that provides free foodgrains to about 81.35 crore people — the Union Cabinet took a formal …

Poll timing: The Hindu Editorial on the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
1 year, 1 month ago

Poll timing: The Hindu Editorial on the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

The Hindu  

The Union government’s move to extend the free foodgrains scheme for the next five years is welcome as it will continue to provide food security to large sections of vulnerable people. Based on National Food Security Act entitlements, the scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, benefits about 80.4 crore people, under the categories of Antyodaya Anna Yojana and …

Free ration scheme to cost exchequer at least ₹15,000 crore extra per year
1 year, 1 month ago

Free ration scheme to cost exchequer at least ₹15,000 crore extra per year

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent announcement of the extension of the free food grains scheme for the next five years will cost the public exchequer at least ₹15,000 crore more each year, according to an official in the Union Finance Ministry. As per the budget estimate for the current financial year, the food subsidy bill works out to ₹1.97 lakh …

Free grains continue to be a poll driver
1 year, 1 month ago

Free grains continue to be a poll driver

Hindustan Times  

Speaking at an election rally in Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that his government will extend the free ration scheme, which was scheduled to end in December this year, by another five years. This newspaper has also held the view that the government’s intervention on the food security front during the pandemic and the decision to sweeten the withdrawal …

Free rations to caste census: BJP’s strategic clarity and ambiguity
1 year, 1 month ago

Free rations to caste census: BJP’s strategic clarity and ambiguity

Live Mint  

It’s not just the annual festive season, it is also that point in a half-decadal electoral cycle when political strategies are parsed closely. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared an intent to extend by five years the free-food scheme brought in by the government as covid relief, rather than stretch it further bit by bit, as has been …

Free ration scheme to be extended by another 5 years: PM Modi in Chhattisgarh
1 year, 1 month ago

Free ration scheme to be extended by another 5 years: PM Modi in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the Centre’s free ration scheme that provides 5 kg of free food rations every month to about 80 crore poor, will be extended for five more years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a public rally in poll-bound Chhattisgarh’s Durg district “The free ration scheme’s tenure …

PM Modi says BJP govt will extend free ration scheme for next 5 years
1 year, 1 month ago

PM Modi says BJP govt will extend free ration scheme for next 5 years

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party government will extend the free ration scheme for the next five years. The scheme - Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana - will benefit 80 crore poor people of the country, he said while speaking in poll-bound Chhattisgarh. "I have decided that the BJP government will extend the …

Centre plans to procure 521 lakh tonnes rice this kharif
1 year, 4 months ago

Centre plans to procure 521 lakh tonnes rice this kharif

The Hindu  

The Union Food Ministry has set a target to procure 521 lakh tonnes of rice in this kharif season. “We will be universalising the scheme within some months,” he said and added that of the 250 lakh tonnes with the Food Corporation of India, only 12 lakh tonnes was non-fortified rice. He said five kilograms of fortified rice will be …

Rajasthan: Gehlot announces free food packet scheme to be implemented on August 15
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan: Gehlot announces free food packet scheme to be implemented on August 15

India TV News  

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced the implementation of its ambitious scheme to provide free food packets to beneficiaries from August 15. The Chief Minister made the announcement while addressing the beneficiaries of the Indira Gandhi Gas Cylinder Subsidy Scheme at the State Level Beneficiary Dialogue organised at the Chief Minister's residence. According to an official statement, Gehlot …

Centre scuttling Karnataka Anna Bhagya Scheme, says Congress
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre scuttling Karnataka Anna Bhagya Scheme, says Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Wednesday said the Union government discontinued the sale of foodgrains from the Central pool under the Open Market Sale Scheme to State governments to “scuttle” the Karnataka government’s Anna Bhagya Scheme and claimed that the Narendra Modi government was “anti-poor”. The Anna Bhagya Scheme is one of the five pre-poll guarantees of the Congress under which 10 …

Congress questions Modi govt. for rolling out fortified rice under National Food Security Act despite caution by experts
1 year, 6 months ago

Congress questions Modi govt. for rolling out fortified rice under National Food Security Act despite caution by experts

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government rolled out fortified rice under the public distribution system without ascertaining the ill effects of such rice on the health of 80 crore beneficiaries, the Congress alleged on Thursday. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, at a press conference, asked what was the tearing hurry to implement the scheme of providing fortified rice containing prescribed micronutrients and “what …

Despite Centre’s allocation of free rice, Tamil Nadu’s food subsidy bill continues to go up
1 year, 9 months ago

Despite Centre’s allocation of free rice, Tamil Nadu’s food subsidy bill continues to go up

The Hindu  

Despite the Centre making the rice allocation free to States under the National Food Security Act, the Tamil Nadu government’s food subsidy bill is on the rise. As part of the NFSA allocation, Tamil Nadu’s share is approximately 36.77 lakh tonnes, of which the Antyodaya Anna Yojana category gets 7.83 lakh tonnes; Priority Households get 17.76 lakh tonnes and the …

Agriculture budget rose 5 times in 9 years to over ₹1.25 lakh crore: PM Modi
1 year, 10 months ago

Agriculture budget rose 5 times in 9 years to over ₹1.25 lakh crore: PM Modi

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Union Budget 2023-24, like in the previous 8-9 years, focuses on the agriculture sector, and steps are being taken in mission mode to become completely self-sufficient in terms of edible oil. Noting that India’s agricultural sector remained distressed for a long time since Independence, the prime minister pointed out the …

No one went hungry as Centre provided free food grains to 80 crore people, says Sitharaman in Budget 2023 speech
1 year, 10 months ago

No one went hungry as Centre provided free food grains to 80 crore people, says Sitharaman in Budget 2023 speech

Hindustan Times  

The government ensured that no one went hungry during the pandemic by providing free food grains to 80 crore poor people, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. People queue up to take foodgrains from a government PDS shop in New Delhi. LIVE| The government is implementing scheme to supply free foodgrains to poor under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann …

New free foodgrain scheme as an illusion, doublespeak
1 year, 11 months ago

New free foodgrain scheme as an illusion, doublespeak

The Hindu  

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, ‘Squealer, the small fat pig’ was a brilliant orator who always spoke to the hard-working animals about a ‘readjustment of rations’, but ‘never as a “reduction”’. The Cabinet has announced that under the new avatar of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, 810 million National Food Security Act beneficiaries will receive five kilos of …

FCI procures 17.5 LMT of fortified rice in 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 11 months ago

FCI procures 17.5 LMT of fortified rice in 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

A total quantity of 17.59 Lakh Metric Tonnes of fortified rice was procured by the Food Corporation of India during Kharif Monsoon Season 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh. A quantity of 6.15 LMT fortified rice has been distributed in high burden and aspirational districts under the National Food Security Act as well as PM Poshan and Integrated Child Development Services schemes …

Free foodgrains distribution scheme to cover 80 crore poor named PMGKAY: Centre
1 year, 11 months ago

Free foodgrains distribution scheme to cover 80 crore poor named PMGKAY: Centre

The Hindu  

The Central Government's integrated food security scheme has been named as the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana, under which free foodgrains are being given to more than 80 crore poor people from January 1. The move also comes amid Opposition's criticism over the government discontinuing free monthly distribution of 5 kilograms of foodgrains to poor people under a scheme …

Ration card entitlement halved, Modi govt. falsely trumpeting free ration decision, says Congress
1 year, 11 months ago

Ration card entitlement halved, Modi govt. falsely trumpeting free ration decision, says Congress

The Hindu  

The discontinuation of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Kalyan Anna Yojana hurts the poor and benefits only the Narendra Modi government, the Congress said on Tuesday. The Modi government, the party said is falsely trumpeting the free 5 kg of grains under National Food Security Act as a historic decision benefiting the poor, when in fact, the monthly expenses of ration card …

Rice being distributed free of cost to beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 11 months ago

Rice being distributed free of cost to beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

January 01, 2023 06:14 pm | Updated 06:14 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA The Government of Andhra Pradesh is providing rice to the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act and also to the non-NFSA card- holders free of cost with effect from January 1, 2023. He has instructed the District Collectors to take steps for the smooth distribution of …

Explained | How will the free foodgrain scheme work out?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | How will the free foodgrain scheme work out?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a Cabinet decision on December 23, the Centre decided to provide 5 kg of free foodgrains per month for the 81 crore beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act during 2023, rather than charging them a subsidised amount of ₹3 a kg of rice, ₹2 a kg of wheat and ₹1 a kg of coarse …

Free rations an admission of the starvation facing the country: CPI(M)
1 year, 11 months ago

Free rations an admission of the starvation facing the country: CPI(M)

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government’s latest announcement that it will provide free rations under the National Food Security Act is a clear admission of the starvation that our population is facing, the CPI Polit Bureau said in a statement here. The party has demanded the continuation of both the free 5 kg foodgrain that the government started giving during the COVID-19 …

Centre’s free grain decision may help T.N. save ₹1,650 cr. in subsidy
1 year, 11 months ago

Centre’s free grain decision may help T.N. save ₹1,650 cr. in subsidy

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet’s decision to provide free grain to all beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act for one year may help Tamil Nadu save ₹1,650 crore in food subsidy. Monthly off-take The State’s average monthly off-take is taken as around 2.96 lakh tonnes of the grain, including about 8,530 tonnes of wheat and 2.87 lakh tonnes of rice. The …

A welcome move: The Hindu Editorial on the free grains scheme under food security law
1 year, 11 months ago

A welcome move: The Hindu Editorial on the free grains scheme under food security law

The Hindu  

The Government has decided not to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana,, a scheme that ran between April 2020 to December 2022, and provided additional allocation of food grains, i.e., rice or wheat from the central pool at five kilograms a month free of cost to beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act. While discontinuing the scheme, the …

81 crore people to get free foodgrains for one year
2 years ago

81 crore people to get free foodgrains for one year

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Friday decided to provide free foodgrains to all 81 crore beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act for one year. Briefing the decision after the meeting of the Cabinet, Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal said the move was yet another reflection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-poor stand. The Prime Minister has taken a decision …

OROP Overhaul, Free Food Grain Plan Extension: PM Modi's New Year Gift for Defence Pensioners, The Poor
2 years ago

OROP Overhaul, Free Food Grain Plan Extension: PM Modi's New Year Gift for Defence Pensioners, The Poor

News 18  

In an early New Year’s gift for defence pensioners and the country’s poor, the Narendra Modi government has taken two big decisions on Friday. The One Rank One Pension scheme has been revised and subsidised food grains will now be given free of cost to the poor for the next one year. Thought for food The one-year extension of the …

PM Modi will decide on extending PMGKAY beyond December: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje
2 years ago

PM Modi will decide on extending PMGKAY beyond December: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take a call on extending the PMGKAY scheme to provide free ration to the poor beyond December, Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje said on Thursday said stressing that the government has sufficient foodgrains stock. The scheme is till December..After that, the decision will be taken by the Prime Minister," Ms. Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for …

Weighing in on PMGKAY, the free grains scheme
2 years, 1 month ago

Weighing in on PMGKAY, the free grains scheme

The Hindu  

The extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, a scheme to distribute free foodgrains to the poor, for another three months, comes as a surprise for many reasons. Aimed at providing an additional allocation of foodgrains from the central pool at five kilograms per person per month free of cost, the PMGKAY benefits cardholders of the Antyodaya Anna …

Govt extends free ration scheme by 3 months
2 years, 2 months ago

Govt extends free ration scheme by 3 months

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the festive season, the poor have reason to cheer as the government on Wednesday announced a three-month extension of free ration scheme or popularly known as the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. As the term of PMGKAY scheme ends on September 30, this is the seventh phase of the scheme at a cost of over …

Free foodgrains given to 1.91 crore people in Telangana: Centre
2 years, 3 months ago

Free foodgrains given to 1.91 crore people in Telangana: Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre on Saturday said that it provided subsidised or free foodgrains to 1.91 crore people in Telangana. It said that allocation of foodgrains and subsidy borne by the Centre under the National Food Security Act saw Telangana get 1,08,000 tonnes of rice. The Centre bore monthly subsidy burden of Rs 364 crore and Rs 4,367.5 crore annually for …

Dealing with freebies: As India needs food subsidy reforms, Modi can take a cue from Vajpayee
2 years, 4 months ago

Dealing with freebies: As India needs food subsidy reforms, Modi can take a cue from Vajpayee

Firstpost  

The release of two papers — from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund respectively — has once again brought the poverty debate into the limelight. The IMF paper, however, calculates poverty by using the National Statistical Organisation’s Consumer Expenditure Survey as base and adjusting it for direct effect of massive food grain subsidy given under the National Food …

Delhi govt to extend free ration scheme till September 30, says Arvind Kejriwal
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi govt to extend free ration scheme till September 30, says Arvind Kejriwal

India TV News  

The Delhi Cabinet has decided to extend the free ration scheme in the city till September 30, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday. We have extended this scheme till September 30 and will continue supplying free ration in the coming months too," Kejriwal said at an online media briefing after the cabinet meeting. Under the free ration scheme, five …

Extending free food grain for poor scheme beyond September not advisable on fiscal ground: Expenditure Department
2 years, 6 months ago

Extending free food grain for poor scheme beyond September not advisable on fiscal ground: Expenditure Department

The Hindu  

The free food grain for poor scheme PM-GKAY should not be extended beyond September as it could strain government finances, the Expenditure Department has said. While the cooking gas subsidy to poor would cost the government ₹6,100 crore, the reduction of excise duty on petrol and diesel would alone cost ₹1 lakh crore. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had last month …

Is India’s food security scheme discriminating against Dalits?
2 years, 7 months ago

Is India’s food security scheme discriminating against Dalits?

Al Jazeera  

Dalit activists say the government’s Public Distribution System of food grains often excludes the marginalised community. Last year, amid the coronavirus crisis, Soni also received subsidised food grains in New Delhi for a few months under the government’s One Nation, One Ration Card scheme which allows a ration card holder from any state to access PDS schemes across the country. …

PM Modi's food security scheme averted rise in extreme poverty: IMF study
2 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi's food security scheme averted rise in extreme poverty: IMF study

India Today  

A study by the International Monetary fund has found that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s food security project — the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana — has been critical in preventing any increase in extreme poverty levels in India during the Covid-19 pandemic. The new IMF paper — Pandemic, Poverty, and Inequality: Evidence from India — found that extreme poverty …

Centre extends free foodgrain distribution under PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till September 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

Centre extends free foodgrain distribution under PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till September 2022

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till September 2022. To further strengthen this power, the government has decided to continue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for six more months till September 2022. Minister of Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal said, "Under the world's biggest food security program, …

Centre’s 5-kg free foodgrain scheme on till March 2022
3 years, 1 month ago

Centre’s 5-kg free foodgrain scheme on till March 2022

The Hindu  

Acknowledging that poor families still need food security support in the middle of a recovering economy, the Centre has decided to extend its free ration scheme, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, for another four months, until March 2022. At its meeting on Wednesday, the Union Cabinet also gave its formal approval to repeal three contentious farm reform laws in …

Odisha CM Patnaik Urges PM to Extend Free Rice Distribution for 8 Months Until Covid-19 Situation Improves
3 years, 1 month ago

Odisha CM Patnaik Urges PM to Extend Free Rice Distribution for 8 Months Until Covid-19 Situation Improves

News 18  

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday for additional allocation of rice for at least next eight months under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to be distributed among beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act in the state until the Covid-19 pandemic situation improves and normalcy is restored. Patnaik thanked the central government …

India denying subsidised food grains to millions of its poor
3 years, 3 months ago

India denying subsidised food grains to millions of its poor

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India – Tabassum Nisha lives in a shanty in a cramped corner of New Delhi’s Malviya Nagar neighbourhood with her five children. The ration card is a document issued by various state governments to households eligible to purchase subsidised food grains from the public distribution system under the National Food Security Act. When the Delhi government in 2020 …

PM Modi Interacts With Beneficiaries of Food Security Scheme in UP
3 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi Interacts With Beneficiaries of Food Security Scheme in UP

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a massive awareness programme throughout Uttar Pradesh to ensure that no beneficiary is left out from availing the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. He was interacting with beneficiaries of the scheme through video-conferencing as the state observed the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana Day. Almost 15 crore beneficiaries in …

PM Modi interacts with beneficiaries of PMGKAY in Gujarat
3 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi interacts with beneficiaries of PMGKAY in Gujarat

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with the beneficiaries of 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana' in Gujarat via video conferencing. Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday had said, "At 12:30 PM tomorrow, 3rd August, will interact with beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in Gujarat. PMGKAY is a food security welfare scheme that …

Over 80 Lakh Beneficiaries in UP to Get Free Food Grains at 80k Fair Price Shops
3 years, 4 months ago

Over 80 Lakh Beneficiaries in UP to Get Free Food Grains at 80k Fair Price Shops

News 18  

In an attempt to provide assistance and help mitigate the economic impact of Covid-19 on the poor, on August 5, free food grains will be distributed to about 80 lakh beneficiaries of Uttar Pradesh at around 80,000 fair price shops under the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana. Aiming at reducing woes of the economically marginalised citizens and ensuring that …

Centre Says Delhi's Ration Scheme Lacks Clarity, Suggests Implementation on Pilot Basis
3 years, 6 months ago

Centre Says Delhi's Ration Scheme Lacks Clarity, Suggests Implementation on Pilot Basis

News 18  

The Centre has suggested the Delhi government to implement the doorstep ration delivery scheme on a pilot basis as there is no clarity on many fronts, including rates at which wheat flour and packaged foodgrains will be distributed and if beneficiaries’ consent was taken or not. In a letter dated June 22 written to the Delhi government, the Union Food …

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