PM extends Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has extended PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for a further five months till November-end for distributing free foodgrains to the poor. The government will keep providing free foodgrains to the poor section of the society due to the increased need during the festivals.

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During this five-month period from July till the end of November, more than 80 crore people will be provided 5 kg free wheat/rice per month.

Along with providing 5kg free rice/wheat to each member of a family, 1 kg free whole chana will also be provided to each family per month.

The government will spend more than Rs 90,000 crore towards the extension of the scheme.

If the amount spent towards it in the previous three months is added together, a total of almost Rs 1.5 lakh crore would be spent towards the scheme.

The Modi government had announced an additional allocation in the world’s largest food security scheme – PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana – earlier this year, which aimed to ensure sufficient foods with the poor and needy amid the coronavirus crisis.

The food grains were to be distributed to all the beneficiaries under the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) for Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and priority household (PHH) ration cardholders.