Centre to provide extra wheat to poor in Haryana

Haryana Economy

The Centre has decided to provide AAY, BPL and OPH ration card holders of Haryana 5 kg of wheat per member per month free of cost in addition to the essential food items being distributed to them under the National Food Security Act 2013 for the month of May and June under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
Essential items were being distributed through 9,690 depots to as many as 1,22,51,366 beneficiaries of a total of 27,04,855 ration cards in the state.
Out of these 27,04,855 ration cards, the number of ration cards of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY-Pink) were 2,48,134 and members 9,98,340, below poverty line (BPL-yellow) number of ration cards 8,92,744 and members’ 41,00,546 and other priority households (OPH-Khaki) ration cards number was 15,63,947 and members’ 71,52,480.
In addition to the essential commodities being distributed by the state government, it had also been decided by the Central Government to provide 5 kg wheat per member per month free of cost to AAY, BPL, and OPH cardholders under PMGKAY.