The Union government has said that the free distribution of food grain as part of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY-3) will come to an end on November 30. As winter sets in, this hasty decision could cause tremendous misery to the poor.
The scheme was initially launched in March 2020 to address the food distress caused by the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic for the period April 2020 to June 2021. Extending the scheme for another five months on June 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared, “Let there not be a single home where the hearth is not blazing” and
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