Union Cabinet extends free ration scheme till September 2022

Till now the government has spent approximately Rs 2.60 lakh crore on PM-GKAY and will spend around Rs 80,000 crore in the next six months.

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March 26, 2022 / 20:16 IST

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The Union Cabinet on March 26 extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for another six months, i.e. till September 2022. Earlier, the PM-GKAY was to end in March 2022.

Till now the government has spent approximately Rs 2.60 lakh crore on PM-GKAY and will spend around Rs 80,000 crore in the next six months.

"The Government has spent approximately Rs 2.60 Lakh Crore so far and another Rs. 80,000 Crore will be spent over the next 6 months till September 2022 taking the total expenditure under PM-
GKAY to nearly Rs 3.40 Lakh Crore," the government said in a press release.

The Phase-V of PM-GKAY will now cover nearly 80 crore beneficiaries across India.

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