Beneficiaries will be given free fair price ration in bags
Saturday - June 26, 2021 10:31 pm ,
Category : BHOPAL
4 crore 81 lakh people of the state will be benefitted
Chief Minister Chouhan took a meeting regarding Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
Bhopal 26 June 2021: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that free ration will be given to all the public distribution system beneficiaries of the state till the month of November by the Central Government. Along with this, the state government will also provide fair price ration at Re 1 per kg. Each member of the beneficiary family will get 5 kg free ration and 5 kg ration at the cost of Re 1 per kg. This ration will be given to the beneficiaries in 10 kg bags.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that 4 crore 81 lakh beneficiaries of the state would be benefitted through the scheme. He gave instructions to the officers for proper implementation of the scheme.
Chief Minister Chouhan was taking a meeting regarding Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana at Mantralaya today. Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Bisahulal Singh, Cooperation, Public Service Management Minister Arvind Singh Bhadoria, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Principal Secretary Agriculture Ajit Kesari and others were present in the meeting.
10 kg food grains per member every month
Under the Chief Minister Annapurna Yojna, 5 kg of food grains wheat/rice per person per month are provided at Re 1 per kg. Along with this, one kg of salt and one kg of fair price sugar are also given. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, 5 kg of free food grains will be provided per member till November. In this way, 10 kg of food grains will be given per member every month till November.
25 thousand fair price shops, one crore 13 lakh eligible families
There are a total of 25 thousand 423 fair price shops in the state, one crore 13 lakh eligible families and 4 crore 81 lakh beneficiaries. Monthly allocation of food grains is 2 lakh 62 thousand metric tonnes, monthly allocation of sugar is 1450 metric tonnes and monthly allocation of salt is 11 thousand 326 metric tonnes.
Food festival will be held
Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, an Anna Mahotsav will soon be organised at every fair price shop in the state. On this day, free food grains will be distributed to the beneficiaries by keeping them in bags – Window to News
