Pulses not to be part of PM-GKAY scheme

Compared with final year, the govt will not be distributing pulses as section of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PM-GKAY) and the scheme will comprise only cereals these kinds of as wheat and rice, Foods and Public Distribution Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey claimed on Saturday.

As considerably as 80 lakh tonnes of foodgrains will be distributed to 80 crore belonging to Antyodaya Ann Yojana and Priority Households for the duration of May well and June incurring a overall expenditure of ₹ 26,000 crore. This will be above and earlier mentioned their entitlement below the Nationwide Foods Stability Act (NFSA).

Through PM-GKAY for the duration of April to November final year, the govt distributed 298.89 lakh tonnes of foodgrains at a price of about ₹1.05 lakh crore. Pretty much 93 for every cent of the NFSA beneficiaries gained benefits below the PM-GKAY scheme.

Conveying why pulses are not section of the PM-GKAY scheme this year, Pandey claimed the inclusion of pulses in the scheme was exceptional final year. Also, at the time PM-GKAY acquired above final year, the States had been given 5 lakh tonnes of pulses which they distributed as a result of honest cost outlets.

Answering a dilemma why the scheme was only for two months, the formal claimed the govt would critique the scenario at continual intervals.

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Considering the fact that the One particular Country After Ration Card scheme became operational as many as fourteen crore transactions, involving a food subsidy of ₹10,000 crore, took position outdoors the native position of the beneficiaries, assisting them accessibility the ration somewhere else.

Rabi procurement

Concerning rabi procurement in the present-day period, the govt has transferred a overall of ₹13,600 crore to the accounts of farmers until Friday. Farmers in Punjab gained ₹5,598 crore, in Haryana ₹4,215 crore and in Madhya Pradesh ₹3,083 crore. The procurement in Punjab on your own was 71 lakh tonnes. Even while Punjab commenced ten days later than Haryana, it has previously overtaken Haryana in procurement, claimed Pandey.