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UP:free ration scheme extended, first decision of Yogi cabinet

In Uttar Pradesh, free ration scheme to continue for three more months. In his first cabinet meeting after taking oath as the Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced the decision. “This scheme was supposed to expire in March 2022. The cabinet has decided to extend the scheme for 15 crore people of the state,” Adityanath said, giving credit to the “double engine” government of the BJP. The PMGKAY was launched during the Covid lockdown, in April 2020. The first two phases of it lasted from April to November 2020, and the ration included 5 kg of wheat and rice and 1 kg of chana. Then it was revived from May to November 2021, while the current extension started in December 2021 and was to continue till March 2022.

Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that for the scheme the government will spend Rs 3,270 crore. The programme was an important narrative in the just-concluded Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.


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