New Delhi: Ration card holders can now avail of larger prohibit of unfastened foodgrains advantages. A record in Zee Hindi has mentioned that the federal government has made a statement referring to a scheme beneath which it’ll supply 21 kg wheat and 14 kg rice freed from price to the Ration card holders. The federal government has determined to offer 21 kg wheat and 14 kg rice to Anyodya Ration Card holders. While, commonplace ration card holders gets most effective 2 kg wheat and three kg rice, mentioned the record. Alternatively, this time the cardholders must spend Rs 2 in line with kg for wheat and Rs 3 in line with kg for rice.
Moreover, the entire ration card PDS vendors, who’ve further packets of salt, oil and gram left, will likely be dispensed freed from price to the Antyodaya card holders as in line with the order of the federal government. The federal government has mentioned that the primary come and primary serve rule will likely be adopted on this regard.
The “Antyodaya Anna Yojana” (AAY) used to be introduced in December, 2000 for one crore poorest of the deficient households. AAY concerned identity of 1 crore poorest of the deficient households from among the choice of BPL households coated beneath TPDS throughout the States and offering them meals grains at a extremely backed fee of Rs 2 in line with kg. for wheat and Rs 3 in line with kg for rice. The States/UTs had been required to endure the distribution price, together with margin to sellers and shops in addition to the transportation price. Thus all of the meals subsidy used to be handed directly to the shoppers beneath the scheme.
The size of factor that used to be first of all 25 kg in line with circle of relatives per 30 days used to be larger to 35 kg in line with circle of relatives per 30 days with impact from 1st April 2002.
As introduced within the Union Finances 2005-06, the AAY used to be expanded to hide every other 50 lakh BPL families thus expanding its protection to two.5 crore families (i.e. 38% of BPL). Order to this impact used to be issued on twelfth Might, 2005.