Naveen Directs For Extension of Additional Rice Distribution for Another Six Months
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has today directed the authorities to extend the distribution of additional 5 kilogram rice per month for another six months. With this, the State Food Security Scheme beneficiaries will get 5 Kg additional rice per month free of cost from April to September 2022. About 8.09 lakh beneficiaries will be [...]
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has today directed the authorities to extend the distribution of additional 5 kilogram rice per month for another six months. With this, the State Food Security Scheme beneficiaries will get 5 Kg additional rice per month free of cost from April to September 2022. About 8.09 lakh beneficiaries will be eligible for this and the state government will spend extra Rs 91.7 crore for this.
According to a release from the Chief Minister’s Office, the benefit of 5 KG free Rice was earlier extended for the beneficiaries of SFSS from December 2021 to March 2022. As per the directive, each beneficiary of the State Food Security Scheme will get an additional 5 Kgs of rice from the allotment month of April 2022 to September 2022.
As many as 8,09 lakh beneficiaries will continue to be covered under the State Food Security Scheme. For this purpose, 24,270 tonnes of rice will be supplied from the State pool with an expenditure of Rs. 91.70 crore from the State’s own funds. This will facilitate beneficiaries enrolled in the State Food Security Scheme to remain at par with beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act.
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