Additional free of cost food grains to be provided to NFSA beneficiaries

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Apr 23, 2021 at 4:24 PM

New Delhi: To ameliorate the hardships faced by the poor and needy due to economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Government of India has decided to allocate free of cost food grains @ 5 kg per person per month to nearly 80 crore beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act (NFSA) over and above NFSA foodgrains for next two months i.e. May and June 2021 on the same pattern as the earlier “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY)” .

Under this special scheme (PM-GKAY), around 80 crore NFSA beneficiaries covered under both categories of NFSA, namely Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority Householders (PHH), will be provided with an additional quota of free of cost food grains (Rice/Wheat) at a scale of 5 kg per person per month, over and above their regular monthly entitlements under NFSA.

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Government of India will bear all expenditure of over Rs 26,000 Crore on account of food subsidy and Central assistance to states/UTs on account of intrastate transportation etc.