Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana Extended For 5 Months

The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) was reintroduced for two months till June this year in order to minimise the economic hardships being faced by the poor during the second Covid wave.

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide free ration to over 80 crore people, mostly poor, by five more months till November-end. The PMGKAY was reintroduced for two months till June this year in order to minimise the economic hardships being faced by the poor PDS (public distribution system) beneficiaries during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Early this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation had announced that the Centre''s free food programme PMGKAY will be extended for five months till Diwali. The same proposal was approved in the Cabinet meeting, chaired by Modi, on Wednesday.