Distribution of 5 kg foodgrains to poor beneath PMGKAY prolonged for five years: I&B minister Anurag Thakur
The federal government has prolonged the PMGKAY scheme to offer 5 kilogrammes of free foodgrains per thirty days to round 80 crore poor folks for an additional 5 years. A call on this regard was taken within the assembly of the Cupboard, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday.
Giving particulars on Wednesday, Info and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur mentioned the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has been prolonged for an additional 5 years from January 1, 2024.
The scheme was final prolonged until December 31, 2023.
The minister mentioned the expenditure on scheme will probably be round Rs 11.8 lakh crore throughout the subsequent 5 years. PMGKAY was launched in 2020 as a pandemic aid measure, beneath which 5 kg of free foodgrains per beneficiary per thirty days was offered along with the 5 kg of subsidised foodgrain beneath the Nationwide Meals Safety Act (NFSA).
In December 2022, as PMGKAY got here to an finish after a number of extensions, it was subsumed beneath the NFSA offering ration free for one 12 months.
