Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana News
Centre to spend approximately Rs 11.80 lakh crore in next 5 years on food subsidy under PMGKAY.
The Modi government at the Center has given a big gift to the poor on Diwali. On Diwali, PM Modi announced that free ration will continue for 5 years. For the past several years, the Government of India has been running the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.
The Narendra Modi government today discontinued the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
The Cabinet today decided to do away with the PMGKAY and provide free ration under the NFSA.
Under the PMGKAY scheme, the Modi government provided 5 kilograms of wheat and rice free of cost to 80 crores of poor every month.
Federal government agreed to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for an additional three months.
Government will invest over Rs 40,000 crores in this programme
government provides free rations to the ration card holder's family.
Union Cabinet has extended 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY)'.
The Centre's free foodgrain scheme will now continue till September 2022.
The decision was taken in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Under the scheme, the Centre will provide free 5 Kgs of food grains per person to more than 80 crore beneficiaries
The scheme was launched in March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world
The scheme was launched in March last year after the COVID-19 pandemic left lakhs of people in distress
There is no proposal at present to continue PMGKAY
Kejriwal stated that the inflation in the country is ‘at its peak’.
Due to inflation, many people are unable to manage even two meals a day, he said.
Kejriwal also wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
PMModi said that the country gave priority to 'Made in India' while making all these arrangements against the pandemic
He said that measures were being taken to reduce the impact of job losses due to the pandemic in India
PM Modi said that over 80 crore citizens were provided free ration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Prime Minister also expressed anguish at the continuing disruption of daily life and property in Madhya Pradesh floods triggered by incessant rainfall and termed the situation as “unfortunate”.
PM Narendra Modi will be interacting with the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana of Uttar Pradesh.
The virtual conference interaction will take place on August 5.
PM Modi interacted with PMGKAY beneficiaries virtually
He said free ration reduces distress of poor
He said free ration was given to 80 crore people during the pandemic
PM Modi on Monday announced to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till Diwali
The PMGKAY scheme is a food security welfare scheme announced by the government of India in March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Delhi govt had in February notified its flagship scheme for the doorstep delivery of ration
CM Kejriwal said that the revolutionary scheme will put a check on the ration mafia and remove problems faced by beneficiaries
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