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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Government extends free ration scheme by six months

Government extends free ration scheme by six months

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published Published on Mar 26, 2022   modified Modified on Mar 27, 2022

-The Hindu

Pandemic relief was to end in March 2022.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) for another six months till September 2022. The scheme was originally introduced in April 2020 a month into the first lockdown during the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This will be the sixth phase of PM-GKAY. The Phase-V of the scheme was to end in March 2022.

In the recently, concluded Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh it was lauded as one of the key reasons for return of the BJP. Mr. Modi in a speech during the election campaign acknowledged the significance of welfare measure by recounting a woman voter’s story where she proclaimed her support for BJP because of “Modi Ka Namak” (Modi’s salt).

Earlier in the day, after his first Cabinet meeting of his second term Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the extension of the free ration scheme by three months.

The scheme covers 80 crore ration card holders across the country who are supplied 5 kg of rice or wheat and 1 kg of pulses per person per month.  Apart from the Centre’s supply of food grains the Uttar Pradesh government spends 950 crore per month to supply 1 kg each of bengal gram or channa, oil and salt to the beneficiaries listed with the State.

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The Hindu, 26 March, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/modi-govt-extends-free-ration-scheme-by-six-months/article65262974.ece?homepage=true


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