New Delhi: The center on Friday said there was no current proposal to expand the supply of free Fredfrains through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide assistance to the ration cardholder, considering the recovery of food and food disposal of good food in the open market with policy OMSS.
Initially, additional free benefits under PMGKAY were provided for a period of three months (April-June 2020) to improve the distress caused by a Covid-19 pandemic.
However, with the crisis continued, this program was extended for five months (July-November 2020).
After the second wave of pandemic onset, PMGKay was once again launched for a period of two months (May-June 2021) and was increasingly extended for a period of five months (July-November 2021).
Asked whether the government would further extend the scheme, Food Secretary Sudhansu Pandey, “because the economy also revived our economics and OMSS (open market sales schemes) Meadow disposal has also been very good this year.
So, there is no proposal to extend PMGKAY.” OMSS policy It has been consumer this year, he told reporters during a press direction about the decline in edible oil prices.
The government has sold rice and wheat to mass consumers under the CSS policy to increase availability in the domestic market and check prices.
This center provides a total of 5 kg of meadows per person per month, free, up to more than 80 crore receivers above and above the normal quota under the National Food Security Law (NFSA).
‘There is no proposal to extend the free ration scheme outside November 30’
