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Facts You Must Know About the Food Bill
2. Provision Included-
In this scheme, the government rolled out 5 kg of rice, wheat and coarse grain at Rs 3, 2 and 1 per kg respectively to an estimated 800 million people i.e. 75 percent of rural and 50 percent of urban population every month. The rest will be designated as general ones.
Under the welfare scheme Antyodaya Anna Yajna, families below the poverty line (BPL)will be entitled with 35 kg food grains per household every month and general households will get 3 kg. But, the scheme does not provide pulses and edible oils, due to the lack of supply in the country.
Also Read: Cheap Rice Scheme Sucessfully Rolled Out In Karnataka, Food Grains that are Expensive in U.S. Considered as Cheap and Disdained in India
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