Following is Sonia Gandhi's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Around 90 per cent of the families in the state will benefit from this decision, he said
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government will offer free food grains and ration under the Public Distribution System for the next six months
The food subsidy bill has increased from Rs 1,13,171.2 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 1,71,127.5 crore in 2018-19, it said adding that the reasons for widening of the food subsidy have been many
The government also declared some millets, which have high nutritive value, 'Nutri-Cereals' for production, consumption and trade point of view