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Cabinet Extends Free Grain Distribution To 81.35 Crore Poor For 5 Years
With general elections scheduled for April-May next year, the government extended the PMGKAY scheme to provide 5 kgs of free foodgrains per month to 81.35 crore poor for another five years that would cost the exchequer about Rs 11.80 lakh crore.
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Centre's Free Foodgrain Distribution Under Merged Scheme Begins Today
From January 1, the government will provide foodgrains free of cost to 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for one year.
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Over 80 Crore To Get Free Foodgrain For A Year In New Scheme
Union Cabinet decides to merge the scheme started during Covid with the National Food Security Act till December 2023, Piyush Goyal announces
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"Wanted Pics Of Modi Ji? Here...": KCR Party's Price Jibe On Union Minister's Demand In Telangana
"Telangana among 5-6 states that take care of our country financially. So should our Chief Minister's photo be put here and in other states?" Says Minister, reacting to viral video of Union Finance Minister's Curt Conversation With District Collector
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PM Free Ration Scheme Kept Extreme Poverty Lowest During Pandemic 2020: IMF
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at the lowest level of 0.8 per cent during the pandemic-hit 2020, according to a working paper of IMF.
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Free Ration Scheme Extended Till September, Says PM After Cabinet Meeting
The Centre has extended the free foodgrain programme 'PMGKAY' for six months till September this year to provide relief to poor, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.
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Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana Extended Till March 2022, Says PM Modi
PM Modi on Monday said that in a bid to bring relief to over 80 crore people during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre is running Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to provide free grains and the scheme has been extended till March 2022.
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To Aid Poor, Centre Extends 5 Kg Free Foodgrains Scheme Till March 2022
In a bid to support the poor recovering from the COVID-19 shock, the Centre decided to further extend the free supply of 5 kg foodgrains per month for 4 months till March 2022, a decision that will cost an additional Rs 53,344 crore.
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No Proposal To Extend PM Free Ration Scheme Beyond November 30: Official
The Centre today said there is no proposal at present to extend free foodgrains supply through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide relief to ration card holders.
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Centre To Spend Rs 93,869 Crore This Year On Free Foodgrains Scheme: Nirmala Sitharaman
The Centre will spend Rs 93,869 crore this year to provide 5 kg of foodgrains per month free of cost to over 80 crore people during May-November for providing relief to poor amid the second wave of COVID-19, the finance minister said on Monday.
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Subsidy Bill Nears Rs 6 Lakh Crore In Financial Year 2021
The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers, LPG and kerosene are pegged at Rs 5.96 lakh crore in the current fiscal, over 2.5-fold jump from the initial budget estimates as the Centre distributed additional foodgrains free of cost to help poor mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cabinet Approves Distribution Of Free Foodgrains To Poor Till November
The Union Cabinet today approved extending the scheme for distribution of free food grains to the country's poorest until the end of November to help them cope with the economic pain of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Narendra Modi Speech Highlights: Farmers, Taxpayers Behind COVID Welfare Schemes' Success, Says PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave credit to the farmers and taxpayers for enabling the Centre to provide free foodgrains during the COVID-19 phase to the poor and needy in the country.
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BJP to launch nationwide protest for free foodgrain
BJP will launch a week-long agitation from September 18 to pressurise the UPA government to comply with the Supreme Court order for free distribution of foodgrain stored in godowns among the poor."The BJP has decided to organise a countrywide stir from September 18 to 24 to put pressure on the Centre to ensure free distribution of foodgrain to the ...
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Impossible to distribute free foodgrain: Centre to Supreme Court
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has no intention of having "any confrontation" with it on the issue of distribution of foodgrains to the poor in the country.Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran submitted to a Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma that wrong reports were appearing in a section of the press...
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Cabinet Extends Free Grain Distribution To 81.35 Crore Poor For 5 Years
With general elections scheduled for April-May next year, the government extended the PMGKAY scheme to provide 5 kgs of free foodgrains per month to 81.35 crore poor for another five years that would cost the exchequer about Rs 11.80 lakh crore.
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Centre's Free Foodgrain Distribution Under Merged Scheme Begins Today
From January 1, the government will provide foodgrains free of cost to 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for one year.
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Over 80 Crore To Get Free Foodgrain For A Year In New Scheme
Union Cabinet decides to merge the scheme started during Covid with the National Food Security Act till December 2023, Piyush Goyal announces
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"Wanted Pics Of Modi Ji? Here...": KCR Party's Price Jibe On Union Minister's Demand In Telangana
"Telangana among 5-6 states that take care of our country financially. So should our Chief Minister's photo be put here and in other states?" Says Minister, reacting to viral video of Union Finance Minister's Curt Conversation With District Collector
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PM Free Ration Scheme Kept Extreme Poverty Lowest During Pandemic 2020: IMF
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at the lowest level of 0.8 per cent during the pandemic-hit 2020, according to a working paper of IMF.
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Free Ration Scheme Extended Till September, Says PM After Cabinet Meeting
The Centre has extended the free foodgrain programme 'PMGKAY' for six months till September this year to provide relief to poor, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.
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Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana Extended Till March 2022, Says PM Modi
PM Modi on Monday said that in a bid to bring relief to over 80 crore people during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre is running Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to provide free grains and the scheme has been extended till March 2022.
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To Aid Poor, Centre Extends 5 Kg Free Foodgrains Scheme Till March 2022
In a bid to support the poor recovering from the COVID-19 shock, the Centre decided to further extend the free supply of 5 kg foodgrains per month for 4 months till March 2022, a decision that will cost an additional Rs 53,344 crore.
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No Proposal To Extend PM Free Ration Scheme Beyond November 30: Official
The Centre today said there is no proposal at present to extend free foodgrains supply through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide relief to ration card holders.
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Centre To Spend Rs 93,869 Crore This Year On Free Foodgrains Scheme: Nirmala Sitharaman
The Centre will spend Rs 93,869 crore this year to provide 5 kg of foodgrains per month free of cost to over 80 crore people during May-November for providing relief to poor amid the second wave of COVID-19, the finance minister said on Monday.
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Subsidy Bill Nears Rs 6 Lakh Crore In Financial Year 2021
The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers, LPG and kerosene are pegged at Rs 5.96 lakh crore in the current fiscal, over 2.5-fold jump from the initial budget estimates as the Centre distributed additional foodgrains free of cost to help poor mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cabinet Approves Distribution Of Free Foodgrains To Poor Till November
The Union Cabinet today approved extending the scheme for distribution of free food grains to the country's poorest until the end of November to help them cope with the economic pain of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Narendra Modi Speech Highlights: Farmers, Taxpayers Behind COVID Welfare Schemes' Success, Says PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave credit to the farmers and taxpayers for enabling the Centre to provide free foodgrains during the COVID-19 phase to the poor and needy in the country.
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BJP to launch nationwide protest for free foodgrain
BJP will launch a week-long agitation from September 18 to pressurise the UPA government to comply with the Supreme Court order for free distribution of foodgrain stored in godowns among the poor."The BJP has decided to organise a countrywide stir from September 18 to 24 to put pressure on the Centre to ensure free distribution of foodgrain to the ...
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Impossible to distribute free foodgrain: Centre to Supreme Court
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has no intention of having "any confrontation" with it on the issue of distribution of foodgrains to the poor in the country.Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran submitted to a Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma that wrong reports were appearing in a section of the press...
