Food Corporation of India (FCI) has supplied a total number of 2641 rakes, including Wheat and Rice. The announcement was made by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PM-GKAY aims to ensure no poor vulnerable family\/person suffers on account of the non-availability of foodgrains due to disruptions in the next three months amid lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the initiative, 21 States\/UT have completed more than 90% distribution for the month of April under PM-GKAY. It covered nearly 41.35 crore beneficiaries in these States\/UTs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some states\/UTs namely, Andaman Nicobar Island, D&NH and Daman & Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, etc. are distributing foodgrains for two months in one go under PM-GKAY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, 17 States\/UTs are covered under the ‘One Nation One Ration Card’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) provided free pulses for 3 months to about 19.50 crore households for three months in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, the Department of Food & Public Distribution has constituted a Task Force to assess the situation arising out of shortage of jute bags\/bales for the packaging of food grains due to the COVID19 lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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