Odisha Government Extends Additional Ration Distribution for 4 Months till 2022 March

GG News Bureau

Bhubaneshwar, 11th Dec. The Odisha government has extended the distribution of free ration to the beneficiaries covered under its State Food Security Scheme (SFSS).

The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a statement on Saturday that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the officials concerned to provide additional 5 kg rice per person free of cost to the beneficiaries of SFSS from December 2021 to March 2022.

As many as 2,88,528 families comprising 9,15,532 members covered under the State Food Security Scheme, will be benefited, an official release said. For this purpose, 4,578 tonnes of rice will be supplied per month totalling 18,310.640 tonnes of rice from the state pool with an expenditure of Rs 68.13 crore from Odisha’s own fund.

The CMO said that this would facilitate the beneficiaries enrolled in the State Food Security Scheme to be at par with the beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

Notably, the central government has recently extended the free food grains distribution scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for four more months from December.