The rice fortification initiative will continue as a central sector initiative with 100% funding by the Centre as part of PMGKAY (Food Subsidy), thus providing a unified institutional mechanism for implementation.
Under this scheme, the Centre has been providing food grains free of cost to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households and Priority households (PHH) beneficiaries under PMGKAY for a period of one year beginning from 1st January 2023.
The PM-GKAY was slated to end on November 30. Under this scheme, the government provides 5 kg of food grains free of cost to around 80 crore NFSA beneficiaries.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday annnounced that the Centre will allocate an additional amount of Rs 10,000 crore for the Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Rojgar Yojana in a bid to boost rural employment amid the pandemic.
Indian Railways on Sunday said it has generated 10,66,246 man-days of work till September 25 this year under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) in six states to benefit migrant labourers.
Modi was speaking on the occasion of handing over of 1.75 lakh houses in Madhya Pradesh to the beneficiaries through videoconference, wherein Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Governor Anandiben Patel, BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia and several beneficiaries also joined in.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes part in a programme - ‘Grih Pravesh’ organised under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) in Madhya Pradesh, through video conference.
The Railways has generated more than 8 lakh man-days of work in six states, including Bihar and Rajasthan, under a rural public works scheme launched in June this year to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers, the ministry said Tuesday.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of the deadline for availing the benefits of "Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana" for Ujjwala beneficiaries by three months with effect from 1 July 2020, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) is benefitting crores of people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, made an address to the nation and declared that benefits of PMGKY were being extended till November.
PM Narendra Modi has announced that a scheme announced earlier to supply free ration to the poor has been extended till November. Around 80 crore poor people will benefit due to this, PM Modi said, adding that the government expects to spend around Rs 90,000 crore on this scheme.
Criticising the TMC dispensation in West Bengal for allegedly opposing pro-people policies of the Centre, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the state could not be made a beneficiary of the 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan', as it had not provided any data on migrant labourers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers returning to villages, in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' to boost livelihood opportunities in rural India amid the COVID-19 crisis. The Prime Minister flagged off the Abhiyan from village Telihar in Bihar's Khagaria district via video-conferencing.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a massive rural public works scheme ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ to empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens.
As part of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the entire cost of procuring and transferring the food grains is being borne by the central government
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