81 crore individuals would receive free meals for a year.
81 crore individuals free meal for a year:Beneficiary households will now receive 35 kg of food grains for free over the course of the next year, while others will receive 5 kg for free each month through December 2023. Previously, these families had to pay ₹1 for coarse cereals, ₹2 for wheat, and ₹3 for rice per kilogramme.
81 crore individuals free.
The National Food Security Act (NFSA) covers 81 crore people, and the Union Cabinet on Friday resolved to give all of them free food grains for a year. Families who previously paid₹1 for coarse grains,₹2 for wheat, and ₹3 for rice per kg will now receive 35 kg of foodgrains free for the next year, while others will receive ₹5 kg free each month until December 2023. The additional funding for the programme has been projected at 2 lakh crore by the Center.
Following the Cabinet meeting, Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal provided a succinct justification for the choice and asserted that it was just another illustration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-poor approach. Garib Kalyan Ann, the prime minister, had served in that capacity for 28 months, he said.
The Garib Kalyan Ann Yojna of the Prime Minister guaranteed 5 kg of free food grains for the underprivileged.
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This was just another incredible decision taken by the administration. The Prime Minister has decided to provide free food grains for 81.35 crore people who are covered by the NFSA, according to Mr. Goyal, who also stated that the Centre will be in charge of all related expenses. The post-pandemic economic environment was typical, Mr. Goyal claimed that a decision had been made to combine the NFSA, PMGKAY, and Antyodaya Ann Yojana in order to make their benefits available to more people. The PMGKAY was introduced in April 2020 during the shutdown and was meant to last through December 31,2022.
The government has enough food grains in store, according to the Center said, to support the charity programmes. In light of the economy, inflation, and unemployment, the Opposition has also been pleading with the government to distribute food grains for those in need. In addition, the BJP, which is in power, exploited the program as a talking point during the just-concluded Assembly elections.
For Copra, MSP
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, led by Mr. Modi, also approved the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for copra for the season of 2023. The Centre stated that the permission was based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices as well as the views of the major States that grow coconuts.
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Anurag Thakur, the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, told reporters that the MSP for Fair Average Quality of milling copra and for ball copra for the 2023 season has been set at ₹10,860 and ₹11,750 respectively. This is an increase over the previous season of ₹270 per quintal for milling copra and ₹ 750 per quintal for ball copra. This would provide a profit over the weighted average production cost for all of India of 51.82% for milling copra and 64.26% for ball copra. The government’s announcement of the MSP for copra for the 2023 season is consistent with its policy of setting the MSP at a level that is at least 1.5 times India’s weighted average cost of production.
According to the government’s announcement in the Budget 2018-19, the MSP for copra for the 2023 season must be set at a figure that is at least 1.5 times the weighted average cost of production for all of India, Mr. Thakur said. The choice would guarantee higher financial rewards for coconut producers and materially enhance their well being.
National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF)and the (NACMF) National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. will continue to serve as Central Nodal Agencies (CNAs) for the Price Support Scheme (PSS) purchase of copra and de-husked coconut, according to a government announcement.
