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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Centre directs states/UTs to provide ration cards to most vulnerable and poor under NFSA

Centre directs states/UTs to provide ration cards to most vulnerable and poor under NFSA

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published Published on Jun 3, 2021   modified Modified on Jun 9, 2021

-PTI/ Firstpost.com

Under the National Food Security Act, 81 crore ration card holders are each entitled to 5 kg of wheat and rice every month at a subsidised rate of Rs 2 to 3 per kg

New Delhi: The Centre has issued an advisory to all states and UTs to identify and issue ration cards to the most vulnerable and economically weaker sections of society to ensure their coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

The Centre's directive comes amid various reports that the poorest of the poor are in dire need of foodgrains but are unable to procure ration cards.

Addressing a virtual press conference, food secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said states and Union territories have scope to add coverage of 1.97 crore under the NFSA. As many as 14 states have completed 100 percent coverage quota.

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the food ministry said it is important to ensure coverage of all eligible identified persons from the most vulnerable and economically weakest sections of population under the NFSA.

On Wednesday, the food ministry has issued an advisory to all states and UTs to launch a special drive to reach out, identify and issue NFSA ration cards to the most vulnerable and economically weakest sections of the population in urban and rural areas.

States should do this by utilising the available coverage under their respective NFSA limits, the ministry said in a statement.

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PTI/ Firstpost.com, 3 June, 2021, https://www.firstpost.com/india/centre-directs-statesuts-to-provide-ration-cards-to-most-vulnerable-and-poor-under-nfsa-9681761.html


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