Officials during the launching of additional allocation of food-grains for distribution to all beneficiaries under TPDS (AAY and PHH including those covered under DBT) under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.
Kohima, May 5 (MExN): The Government of India under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana has announced additional allocation of food-grains for distribution to all beneficiaries under TPDS (AAY and PHH including those covered under DBT) at Rs 5kg per person per month free of cost for two months (May-June 2021).
An update from K Roy Varghese, Under Secretary to Government of India stated that the lifting period for these additional foodgrains will be upto May 31. Further, the States/UTs may at their discretion lift their respective additional allocations in one go also, earlier subject to availability of stocks with FCI within the State/UT.
He informed that the allocation will be in addition to the regular monthly allocation under NFSA. “The States/UTs may provide wide publicity about this additional allocation so that each and every beneficiary is informed about their entitlement of free food-grains under PMGKAY. Special efforts may also be made by States/UTs to encourage migrant NFSA beneficiaries to encourage them to use the facility of portability under One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan,” he stated.
The Government of India will bear the entire cost on account of such distribution including food subsidy, intra-state transportation and dealer's margin/additional dealers margin, without any sharing by States/UTs, he stated.
