New Delhi: The Government has decided to continue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, PM-GKAY by another six months till September 2022. Announcing this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that more than 80 crore people of the country will be able to take advantage of the scheme like before. He said, the strength of India lies in the power of every citizen of the country.
The Prime Minister said, to further strengthen this power, the government has extended the scheme. The Phase-5 of PM-GKAY, the largest food security program in the world, scheme was to end this month.
The Government has spent approximately 2.60 Lakh Crore rupees so far and another 80 thousand Crore rupees will be spent over the next six months till September 2022 taking the total expenditure under PM-GKAY to nearly 3.40 Lakh Crore rupees.
This will cover nearly 80 crore beneficiaries across India and like before would be fully funded by the Government of India.
Under the scheme, the Centre is providing five-kilogram food grains per person per month free of cost to all beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act.
