Centre to give 5 kg foodgrains free to poor
The HinduThe Union government announced that 5 kg of food grains would be provided to 80 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for the months of May and June as many States were undergoing curfews and the high rates of coronavirus infections had led to a slowdown in economic activity. The announcement came on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Chief Ministers, especially of States with high COVID-19 case burden. The meeting with Chief Ministers, followed by Mr. Modi’s meeting with oxygen manufacturers, the fourth such review of oxygen availability in the last week, assumes significance with daily new cases going past the 3.5 lakh mark on Friday. CMs interject When Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal live streamed his interjection in the meeting, Mr. Modi admonished him for violating the protocol of closed-door meetings.