One Nation One Ration Card | Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKY)

  • 4 years ago
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the nation, announced extension of the #PradhanMantriGaribKalyanYojana (PMGKY) for another five months amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. This move amounts to 90k Cr or 0.45% of GDP.
#OneNationOneRation
80 crore poor families will continue to get 5 kg of free wheat/ rice and 1 kg of dal till November. PM Modi also said the process of implementing ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme was on.

More than two and a half times of America’s population, 12 times of Britain’s population, and twice the population of European Union was provided free grains by our government during this phase,” Modi said.

Soon after his 4 pm address to the Nation on which he spoke about Ensuring dignity of the poor of India” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted this in as many as 16 languages, while highlighting his decision to extend the free ration scheme for 80 crore Indians for another five months.

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