Naveen Urges Centre For Additional Rice Under PMGKAY

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi urging the latter for additional allocation of rice at least for the next 8 months under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for distribution among the beneficiaries under the NFSA.

“I would like to convey my sincere thanks for providing seven months’ rice free of cost under ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana’ (PMGKAY) for distribution to NFSA beneficiaries in the State from May 2021 to November 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Provision of foodgrains free of cost to people at this critical juncture ensured that not a single needy and vulnerable person was deprived of foodgrains during the pandemic,” Naveen wrote in the letter.

“Odisha has prioritized distribution of seven months’ quota of PMGKAY-III foodgrains to the NFSA beneficiaries and completed it by 5th of November 2021. Similar facility was also extended to all the beneficiaries of the State covered under its own Food Security Scheme,” Naveen mentioned.