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12 years of PM Modi: Bold reforms, decisive decisions and political turning pointsAfter 12 years at the helm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflects on a transformative journey filled with key reforms that have altered Ind...
Food subsidy of Rs 1.68 lk cr and Rs 57,686 cr released to FCI, state DCP in 2023The Indian government has released subsidies totaling Rs 1,67,875 crore to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and Rs 57,686 crore to state...
Govt confident of adhering to 5.9% fiscal deficit target: Finance SecretaryThe government is confident in meeting the budgeted 5.9% fiscal deficit target for the current fiscal year, despite the extension of the fr...
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...
Cabinet approves extension of free food grain scheme to poor for one yearThe decision comes as the government aims to subsume the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) under the NFSA Act. "It will cost ...
PM Modi to take call on extending PMGKAY beyond Dec: MoS AgriIn last 28 months, the government has spent Rs 1.80 lakh crore on distribution of free ration to the poor under PMGKAY.
Centre allocates 1,118 lakh tonnes of food grains, Rs 3.91 lakh crore as subsidy under PMGKAYIn a written reply to Lok Sabha, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal said: "So far under the PMGKAY scheme the government has a...
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...
Sufficient stocks in Food Corporation of India godowns to meet requirement of food law, free ration scheme: GovernmentEarlier this week, the Cabinet approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) by three months till December, in...
Cabinet gives nod to PM Garib Kalyan Yojana extension, DA hike and railway stations' redevelopmentThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) by three months. The scheme under...
Govt to take call on extending free ration scheme PMGKAY beyond Sep: Food SecyThe Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) was launched in March 2020 to provide free 5 kg foodgrains per person per month to abo...
No decision yet on extending free foodgrain scheme, says Finance SecretaryThe Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) was launched in March 2020 to ease the hardships faced by poor people in the face of ...
PMGKAY to continue for six more months: Centre extends free foodgrain scheme till SeptemberThe extension of the scheme despite the end of the Covid-19 pandemic shows the Modi government's sensitivity towards poor, Union food minis...
Centre extends free foodgrain programme for six months until SeptemberGovt on Saturday extended free foodgrain scheme PMGKAY for another six months till September 2022, announced Food Minister Piyush Goyal.
No proposal to extend free ration scheme PMGKAY beyond Nov 30: Food SecretaryInitially, the additional free benefit under the PMGKAY was provided for a period of three months (April-June 2020) to ameliorate distress ...
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...
Covid-19: Govt allocates 199 lakh tonnes of foodgrains for free distribution during July-NovemberThe Centre spent Rs 1,33,972 crore last year to implement the PMGKAY programme and will incur expenditure of another Rs 93,869 crore this y...
FCI has supplied 69 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to states so far for free distribution under PMGKAY: GovtThis means that till November 2021, more than 80 crore people will continue to get decided quantity of free foodgrain every month.
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 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...