Ration Card: Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Kerala, 5 kg rice is being given to ration card holders. Earlier there was a provision to give 3 kg of wheat and 2 kg of rice.
Ration Card: If you also have a ration card and you are taking advantage of the government’s free ration scheme, then this news is important for you. You may get a big setback due to the decision taken by the government. Actually, distribution of free ration is done under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.
Every beneficiary is getting 5 kg rice
. Under the scheme, there is a provision to give 3 kg wheat and 2 kg rice to every beneficiary. But in many states including Uttar Pradesh, from June 5 kg rice is being distributed instead of 3 kg wheat and 2 kg rice. Today is the last day of ration distribution in UP. In this regard, orders have been issued by the State Food and Logistics Department in May itself.
The government reduced the quota of wheat, in
fact, this time the Modi government has reduced the quota of wheat to be allocated from May to September under the Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) due to less procurement of wheat. After this change, UP, Bihar and Kerala did not get wheat. Wheat quota has also been reduced in Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, MP, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
Let us tell you that the decision taken due to the shortage of wheat,
this change has been made only for PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). According to the information given by the government, an additional allocation of about 55 lakh metric tonnes of rice has been made in place of wheat. If you also get the benefit of this government scheme, then you will be able to take rice through portability challan.
