AreaIndia

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date28/09/2022

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFood subsidies

DescriptionDecided to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana programme for another three months. As such, under its seventh phase of implementation, the scheme would distribute 9.861 million tonnes of rice and 2.1 million tonnes of wheat through per person monthly rations of 5 kg to 800 million people covered by the National Food Security Act (NFSA). These rations would be free of charge and would be distributed on top of existing NFSA assistance between October and December 2022.