Free ration to 800 million people till Diwali, announces PM Modi
3 years, 6 months ago

Free ration to 800 million people till Diwali, announces PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in this address to the nation on Monday that the Centre’s free food programme will be extended for five months till November. “Today the government has decided that the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana will now be extended till Diwali. “Today, under the guidance of the respected Prime Minister, the decision of the central government to carry forward the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till Deepawali fulfills the mantra 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas'. Showing sensitivity under the leadership of @narendramodiJi, the central government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till Diwali. According to official data, the Food Corporation of India has distributed 4.8 million tonnes of cereals under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana during the pandemic.

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PM to visit Varanasi, release 17th PM-Kisan instalment
6 months, 1 week ago

PM to visit Varanasi, release 17th PM-Kisan instalment

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit on Tuesday Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, for the first time after taking oath for a third consecutive term. The scheme, fully funded by the Union government, extends income support of ₹6,000 per year in three equal instalments to all land-holding farmer families, with a family defined as husband, wife, and minor …

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 …

PM Modi to visit Gujarat on Feb 22, Uttar Pradesh on Feb 23
10 months ago

PM Modi to visit Gujarat on Feb 22, Uttar Pradesh on Feb 23

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Gujarat tomorrow, February 22, and Uttar Pradesh on February 23. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also lay the foundation stone for several important projects including a new district-level hospital and Ayurvedic Hospital in Anand district; development of Rinchhadiya Mahadev Temple and Lake at Ambaji region in Banaskantha; multiple road projects in Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

PM Narendra Modi to release 11th installment of PM-KISAN benefits on May 31
2 years, 6 months ago

PM Narendra Modi to release 11th installment of PM-KISAN benefits on May 31

India TV News  

Highlights PM Modi will release 11th installment of financial benefits worth Rs 21,000 crore on May 31 Benefits to be given under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to over 10 cr farmers in Shimla This event is being organised under the 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' year long celebrations Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 11th installment of financial …

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 extends free ration scheme, PM-GKAY, by 3 months
2 years, 8 months ago

Centre extends free ration scheme, PM-GKAY, by 3 months

India TV News  

Highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Anna Yojana has been extended for another six months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Anna Yojana, which was imposed during the lockdown for the welfare of the poor and their livelihood, has been extended for another six months. In March 2020, the Centre had launched the scheme, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, to provide free …

PM in Prayagraj: Narendra Modi transfers Rs 1,000-cr to self-help groups in outreach to women voters
3 years ago

PM in Prayagraj: Narendra Modi transfers Rs 1,000-cr to self-help groups in outreach to women voters

Firstpost  

The amount, which the Centre says will benefit around 16 lakh women, was transferred under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission Reaching out to women voters in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferred Rs 1,000 crore to bank accounts of self-help groups. Modi said, “The whole nation is watching the work done for the development …

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 …

PM Modi announces Rs 100 lakh crore infra package, Gatishakti national master plan in I-day speech
3 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi announces Rs 100 lakh crore infra package, Gatishakti national master plan in I-day speech

Firstpost  

Modi said that the Gati Shakti plan will help raise the global profile of local manufacturers and help them compete with their counterparts worldwide. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a Rs 100 lakh crore Pradhan Mantri Gatishakti initiative which will create employment opportunities for the country’s youth and help in holistic infrastructure growth. Addressing the nation from the …

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 …

Centre extends PMGKAY till Nov for 80 crore people; will spend Rs 93,869 cr on free foodgrains scheme
3 years, 5 months ago

Centre extends PMGKAY till Nov for 80 crore people; will spend Rs 93,869 cr on free foodgrains scheme

Firstpost  

Under PMGKAY, launched during the first COVID-19 wave last year, 80 crore beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act are provided 5 kg additional foodgrains free of cost per month New Delhi: The Centre will spend Rs 93,869 crore this year to provide 5 kg of foodgrains per month free of cost to over 80 crore people during May-November …

Cabinet Approves Extension of PMGKAY for 5 Months Till Nov
3 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet Approves Extension of PMGKAY for 5 Months Till Nov

News 18  

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to provide free ration to over 80 crore people, mostly poor, by five more months till November-end. Early this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation had announced that the Centre’s free food programme PMGKAY will be extended for five months till …

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 …

PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extended, beneficiaries to get free ration till Diwali
3 years, 6 months ago

PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extended, beneficiaries to get free ration till Diwali

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till Diwali this year to ensure free ration is provided to those in need. As part of the central scheme, 80 crore Indians will receive a fixed quantity of food grains per month till November, he added. It aims to feed the poorest …

Cabinet gives ex-post facto nod for free grains distribution for 2 months to poor under PMGKAY
3 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet gives ex-post facto nod for free grains distribution for 2 months to poor under PMGKAY

India TV News  

The Cabinet on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval to a proposal to distribute monthly 5 kg free foodgrains to about 80 crore PDS beneficiaries during the May-June period under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. The PMGKAY was announced in 2020 for three months till July and later extended till November to combat the economic impact of COVID-19 on …

Free Food to The Poor, Insurance for Frontline Workers: PM Modi Raises Key Issues in Meet With Empowered Groups
3 years, 7 months ago

Free Food to The Poor, Insurance for Frontline Workers: PM Modi Raises Key Issues in Meet With Empowered Groups

News 18  

As India continues to battle a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a key meet with to review the medical and health infrastructure in the country. Talking to the Empowered Group on Economic and Welfare Measures, Modi discussed steps taken by the Centre for the poor such as extension of the Pradhan Mantri …

5kg Free Ration to 80 Cr Beneficiaries: Centre's Big Move for Poor Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

5kg Free Ration to 80 Cr Beneficiaries: Centre's Big Move for Poor Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

The Central government on Friday announced its decision to give free ration to poor sections of the society for two months under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. Coronavirus Live Updates: India Reports 3.3 Lakh New Cases; Global Daily Cases Reaches Record High Congratulating the prime minister over the move, Union home minister Amit Shah said that the Modi …

Centre Says up to 75 Crore Beneficiaries Got Free Grains Under PMGKAY in April-June
4 years, 4 months ago

Centre Says up to 75 Crore Beneficiaries Got Free Grains Under PMGKAY in April-June

News 18  

Union Food Ministry on Wednesday said free foodgrains under PMGKAY were distributed via ration shops to up to 75 crore beneficiaries during April-June period. In March, the government had announced distribution of 5 kg of foodgrains for free under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to ration card holders for three months as part of the Rs 20 lakh …

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