AreaIndia

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date26/03/2022

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFood subsidies

DescriptionApproved a six-month extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana programme. This sixth phase of the scheme would entail distributing 24.4 million tonnes of grains through per person monthly rations of 5 kg of rice or wheat to 800 million people covered by the National Food Security Act. These rations would be distributed free of charge and on top of existing NFSA assistance, between April and September 2022.