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Free NFSA foodgrain eases fiscal strain but food subsidy still double pre-Covid number

By not extending the COVID-era PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana and instead providing foodgrain for free under the National Food Security Act, the government is looking to strike a balance between its economic and political objectives
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Free foodgrain scheme unlikely to stay beyond September: Ex-farm secretary

Under the scheme, the government has been distributing additional, free-of-cost foodgrains to around 800 million National Food Security Act beneficiaries to mitigate the hardships faced by the poor after the outbreak of COVID-19.

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