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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | One lakh tonnes of free food grain distributed so far under PMGKAY

One lakh tonnes of free food grain distributed so far under PMGKAY

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published Published on May 10, 2021   modified Modified on May 11, 2021

-The Hindu

In the first 10 days, grains have reached 2.03 crore of 80 crore beneficiaries: Food Ministry

Out of the 40 lakh tonnes of free food grain promised under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for May, one lakh tonnes have been distributed so far, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday.

In the first 10 days, PMGKAY grains have reached 2.03 crore of the 80 crore beneficiaries, with 13 States and union territories having started distribution, according to the Ministry data provided in a virtual press briefing. The States which have started distribution of the 5 kg of free rice and wheat include Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttarakhand.

The progress is on expected lines, given the eight-month experience of implementing the PMGKAY during the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020, said Food Ministry Joint Secretary S. Jagannathan. He added that 34 States had already begun lifting food grains from the Food Corporation of India’s stock, and 15.5 lakh tonnes had been lifted so far.

Asked about the needs of migrant workers affected by the lockdown, as well as others without ration cards, Mr. Pandey said that “this time, migrants are not facing that kind of crisis” as there was during last year’s lockdown. There was also no national lockdown this year, but only State and local lockdowns, he said, noting that migrants who reached home would be able to avail ration in their villages, while those still in the cities would make use of the ration card portability scheme. The Centre was also selling its food grain stock at a discounted rate to NGOs and to State governments for those with State ration cards, he said.

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The Hindu, 10 May, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-lakh-tonnes-of-free-food-grain-distributed-so-far-under-pmgkay/article34530498.ece?homepage=true


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