The government on Friday announced to provide 5 kg free food grains to the poor for May and June 2021. This will cover nearly 80 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act ( NFSA).
Each beneficiary under NFSA will get 5 kg per person per month for the next two months and this will be over and above their entitlement of 5 kg of rice, wheat and coarse grains at Rs 3, 2 and Re 1 per kg respectively.
The government said this will be rolled out on the same pattern as last yearтАЩs PM Garib Kalyan Yojana. The centre would spend more than Rs 26,000 crore on this initiative.
