2,95000 MT food grains lifted by States under PMGKAY

Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said two lakh 95 thousand Metric Tonnes of food grains have been lifted by the states so far under extended Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana- PMGKAY

Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said two lakh 95 thousand Metric Tonnes of food grains have been lifted by the states so far under extended Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana- PMGKAY.

This is out of 203 Lakh Metric Tonnes of foodgrains which was allocated under the scheme to the states for five months from July to November. Mr Paswan in a tweet said, since July 1, 13.69 Lakh Metric Tinnes of food grains have been loaded and dispatched to the states so far through 489 rail racks.