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The beneficiaries will get a free ration till December 2023.
The beneficiaries will get a free ration under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana.
The move will entail a burden of Rs 2 lakh crore.
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Free foodgrains will concurrently ensure uniform implementation of portability under the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) across the country and will further strengthen this choice-based platform. This means the ration card could be used anywhere in the country.
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The NFSA provides a maximum coverage for about 81.35 crore persons.
At present, around 79.77 crore persons are given highly subsidised foodgrains under the Act.
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80 crore Indians are benefitting from the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
Many financially prosperous individuals are misusing the scheme.
The department has also held several rounds of meetings with officials of the state governments.
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The Centre has given six months' more time to the states for rolling out the National Food Security Act (NFSA), Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Friday.
The law aims at providing legal entitlement to 5 kg of subsidised foodgrains per person per month at Rs 1-3/kg to two-thirds of the country's population.
Under the National Food Security Act, the Centre has released Rs 8,228.01 crore so far this fiscal, to five states where procurement of grains is decentralised.
There is no proposal to amend the landmark food security law at present, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
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