150 kg free rice: Chhattisgarh’s government has unveiled a new scheme that will offer farmers with ration cards with 150 kg of free rice. This extension of the free rationing programme, which was first adopted during the COVID-19 epidemic, will be offered to BPL programme beneficiaries. In addition, priority ration card holders will receive 135-150 kg of free ration.
Learn who is eligible for the benefit:
The Chhattisgarh government has stated that BPL cardholders will receive 150 kg of free rice.
This scheme will be in addition to the ration of 15-135 kg that is already given free of cost to the needy one. Priority ration card holders in the state will also get 15-150 kg of rice, an increase from the last amount of 35 kg.
The national and state governments have declared that rice quotas for two months, October and November, will be distributed to individuals concurrently. This is being done in order to coincide with harvest season. During this time, ration card holders would be able to obtain 150 kg of rice. This is an increase over the prior quantity of 35 kg.
There has been a 31% decrease from previous year:
Paddy production has declined, according to the Agriculture Department. In comparison to last year, paddy area had decreased by 17.4% as of July 15. This is primarily owing to a 31% reduction in paddy acreage in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal.
Earlier, The Chhattisgarh government had decided to reduce the current entitlement of 35kg of subsidised food grains per family to 7kg per person in order to rationalise distribution of highly subsidised food grains and other food goods to the needy.
The measure, which is predicted to reduce food grain requirements by about 25%, would benefit large households of six people or more because they would receive a larger portion. Smaller families of less than five people, on the other hand, stand to suffer because their allotment will be drastically reduced.
