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States and Union Territories have lifted close to 94 lakh tonnes (LT) of food grains for distribution under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) in the current year so far, an official statement said on Tuesday.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) loaded 4,005 rakes carrying food grains since April 1 this year, it said.
The government initially announced the extension of PMGKAY — first launched last year to provide free food grains to over 80 crore poor Indians to tide over the impact of Covid-19 pandemic — for two months this year but later extended it for five more months till November this year.
According to the statement, 36 States and Union Territories (UTs) lifted 78.26 LT of free food grains meant to be distributed during May and June months, while another 15.3 LT of food grains were collected by the States out of 198.79 LT to be supplied during the July to November months.
FCI, which at present has a stock of 881 LT food grains (583 LT of wheat and 298 LT of rice), said it has already positioned adequate stocks in all States/ UTs for successful implementation of the PMGKAY scheme.
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