Searched for
PMGKAY BENEFICIARIES
Ration card portability gains traction in 2023; records 28 cr transactions in 11 monthsThe objective of the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) service was to empower poor beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFS...
Foodgrains free of cost to over 80 cr people under PMGKAY for 1 yr: Food MinistryThese two food subsidy schemes have been subsumed as Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for effective and uniform implementat...
Govt to provide free food to 814 m Indians till Dec '23Five-kilogram (kg) food grain per person to priority household beneficiaries (also called general category) and 35 kg per household to Anty...
Odisha extends distribution of free rice for another 3 monthsNotably, the Union cabinet on September 28 had approved the proposal to extend the free foodgrains distribution scheme under the Pradhan Ma...
Enough grain stocks for all welfare schemes: Food ministryThe Centre has extended PMGKAY - which provides free ration to the poor - by three months, raising concerns about the grain stocks. As on d...
Assam becomes 36th State/UT to implement One Nation One Ration CardDuring the last two years of COVID-19 pandemic, ONORC plan has significantly contributed in ensuring subsidized foodgrains to NFSA (Nationa...
Govt allocates additional 55 lakh tonnes rice instead of wheat under PMGKAYThe decision to provide additional rice in place of wheat under the PMGKAY was taken after due consultation with all states and the additio...
Delhi Cabinet decides to extend distribution of free ration till May next yearThe Delhi government has decided to extend the distribution of free ration in the city for six months till May 31, 2022. The decision was t...
Cabinet extends free foodgrains scheme till March 2022The food grain under Phase V would entail an estimated food subsidy of Rs 53344.52 crore, said the department of Food and Public Distributi...
Over 80 crore people benefitted from NFSA duirng corona pandemic: Sadhvi Niranjan JyotiDuring 2020 out of total allocation of 322 LMT foodgrains under PMGKAY-2020 (April-November 2020), approx 298.8 LMT foodgrains (i.e. around...
States lift 15.3 lakh ton foodgrains so far for free distribution during July-NovemberThe Central Government has extended the PMGKAY for five months i.e. July-November 2021 and further allocation of 198.79 LMT food grains has...
Govt extends free foodgrains scheme till Nov for 80 crore beneficiariesIn April, the Centre had announced distribution of free foodgrains for the months of May and June under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann...
COVID relief package: Government provides free ration to 55 crore people in MayElaborating on the implementation of the PMGKAY scheme, he said more than 63.67 lakh tonne foodgrains (around 80 per cent of total PMGKAY a...
Cabinet gives ex-post facto nod for free grains distribution for 2 months to poor under PMGKAYIn view of the resurgence of COVID-19, the Food Ministry re-implemented the PGMKAY for two months with effect from May 1. The same was appr...
Cabinet nod for extension of PMGKAY for 5 months till November"The Prime Minister had announced that this scheme will be extended and the same has been approved by the Cabinet today," Information and B...
Centre tells states to pace up distribution of grains to migrantsUnder PMGKAY, the government is providing 5 kg free foodgrains per person and one kg pulses per family to 800 million people for three mont...
Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan asks states to ensure free distribution of food grains to poor“State governments are requested to lift their quota of food grains from Food Corporation of India for free distribution of the 5 kg food g...