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Govt extends PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till December 2022 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

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Govt extends PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till December 2022 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

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Govt extends PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till December 2022 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Govt extends PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till December 2022: The Union Cabinet has approved the extension for the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase VII) for a further period of 3 months i.e. October to December 2022.

Government has approved this extension of PMGKAY for three months, so that common man continue to enjoy the benefits of easy availability of foodgrains without any financial distress.

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extends October to December 2022

Centre extends Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) for another three months (October 2022-December 2022). Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana scheme, 5 kg of food grain per person per month is provided free of cost for all the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) [Antodaya Anna Yojana & Priority Households] including those covered under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

The total outgo in terms of food grains for PMGKAY Phase VII is likely to be about 122 LMT. The aggregate allocation of food grain for phases I- VII is about 1121 LMT.

So far, PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has been in operation for 25 months as under

  • Phase I and II ( 8 months): April 2020 to November 2020
  • Phase-III to V (11 months): May 2021 to March 2022
  • Phase-VI ( 6 months) : April 2022 to September 2022

PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY)

PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY), started during difficult time of COVID-19 crisis, has provided food security to the poor, needy and the vulnerable households/beneficiaries so that they do not suffer on account of non-availability of adequate foodgrains. Effectively it has doubled the quantity of monthly foodgrains entitlements being normally delivered to beneficiaries.

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic 

  • President of India: Droupadi Murmu 
  • Vice President of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar
  • Prime Minister of India: Narendra Modi 
  • Chief Justice of India: Uday Umesh Lalit 
  • Lok Sabha Speaker of India: Om Birla 
  • Capital of India: New Delhi 
  • Largest city of India: Mumbai 
  • Official languages of India: Hindi / English 
  • Currency of India: Indian rupee (₹) (INR) 
  • Total Population of India 2018 estimate: Neutral increase 1,352,642,280

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