For next 2 months, free additional foodgrain to 80 cr
New Delhi, April 23
Amid the fresh Covid-19 outbreak in the country, the government has decided to allocate 5 kg per person per month free foodgrain to nearly 80 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, for May and June. The allocation will be on the same pattern as under the “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY)”.
Rs 26,000-cr spend
- Around 80 crore beneficiaries will be provided additional 5kg per person per month free foodgrain (rice/wheat) in May and June
- The additional allocation, over and above the regular monthly entitlement of beneficiaries, will cost Centre around
Rs26,000 cr
Under the special scheme, around 80 crore NFSA beneficiaries covered Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority Householders (PHH) will be provided additional 5kg per person per month free foodgrain (rice/wheat), over and above their regular monthly entitlement.
The Centre would bear the full expenditure of over Rs 26,000 crore on account of cost of foodgrain, intrastate transportation etc. as part of the central assistance to states/UTs, officials said. — TNS
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