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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | PMGKAY Scheme: Will Free Ration for India’s Poor Fill Their Plates Enough? -Aunindyo Chakravarty

PMGKAY Scheme: Will Free Ration for India’s Poor Fill Their Plates Enough? -Aunindyo Chakravarty

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published Published on Oct 1, 2022   modified Modified on Oct 2, 2022

-TheQuint.com

Not only do we need free ration for an overwhelming majority but also more for those at the bottom of the pyramid

Being affluent, I am on a diet, fasting for 19 hours at a stretch, eating within the remaining five-hour window, and keeping my calories under 800 per day. These are the luxuries of the rich. The poor, who earn their living through hard, back-breaking labour, cannot afford to go hungry. And to survive, they need the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, which has just been extended for another three months.

In fact, India’s poor need it to be extended in perpetuity. Let me explain why.

Do The Poor Continue To Remain Undernourished? 

Manual workers need at least 3,000 calories a day if they do heavy work, and at least 2,700 calories a day if they do moderate labour. The government’s Expert Committee set up by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2019, sets a lower average calorie consumption target of 2,400 per day.

Of course, this average includes people like me who lead a largely sedentary life and need much less.

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TheQuint.com, 1 October, 2022, https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/pmgkay-scheme-will-free-ration-for-indias-poor-fill-their-plates-enough-pm-modi-subsidy#read-more


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