Raipur:
The BJP authorities in Chhattisgarh has determined to offer free rice to poor households for the subsequent 5 years starting January 2024, a authorities official mentioned on Tuesday.
This transfer will profit greater than 67 lakh beneficiaries, he mentioned.
“The government has decided to provide free rice to poor families for the next five years under the Chhattisgarh State Food Security Act on the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to extend for five years the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana covering 80 crore poor people,” he mentioned.
The Meals and Civil Provides Division on Tuesday issued a directive to all district collectors on the path of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, he mentioned.
Directions have been given totally free distribution of meals grains as per the month-to-month entitlement for the subsequent 5 years from January 2024 to December 2028 to the Antyodaya and precedence class ration card-holders just like the Nationwide Meals Safety Act.
This determination will profit 67,92,153 eligible ration card holders of Antyodaya, precedence, differently-Abled and single destitute classes who will get free rice by truthful worth retailers as per eligibility, the official mentioned.
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