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55 cr beneficiaries received food grains in May under PMGKAY-III By Nishant Ketu | Updated: Jun 03, 2021 21:12 IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): As many as 55 crore beneficiaries received food grains in May and around 2.6 crore beneficiaries in June under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana-III, informed Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, on Thursday.
Speaking about the third phase of PMGKAY-III, Pandey said that more than 63.67 lakh MT food grains have been lifted by states and Union Territories (UTs) from Food Corporation of India (FCI) depots which is around 80 per cent of the total PMGKAY allocation for May and June.
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Meanwhile, States have lifted 15.55 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to be distributed under the PMGKAY for May
The Food Corporation of India and State procurement agencies have so far procured 33.8 million tonnes (mt) of wheat compared with 24.8 mt procured during the corresponding period last year. This is already 79 per cent of 42.7 mt target set for the current rabi season, Union Food and Public Distribution Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Monday.
While around 12.87 mt procured have been procured from Punjab, 9.49 mt and 8.07 mt of wheat have been purchased from farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, respectively. Uttar Pradesh, on the other hand, contributed around 2.01 mt and Rajasthan’s share has been 1.17 mt.
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Mera Ration app now available on Android via Google Play Store.
In order to offer convenience to the citizens, the Government of India keeps on launching new mobile applications. Now, the government has launched a new ration app called âMera Rationâ which will help the users to get friendly with the new âOne Nation-One Ration Cardâ system. According to the government, the new ration app will prove useful to those ration card holders who move to new places for livelihoods.
With the help of the One Nation One Ration Card system, the government covers 69 crore National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries in India. The NFSA beneficiaries are used by the government to provide more than 81 crore people with âhighly subsidised foodgrainsâ through the public distribution system (PDS).Â