Subsidised foodgrain scheme for APL families in Chhattisgarh

APL families would be provided rice at the rate of Rs 11 per kg and wheat at Rs 10 a kg

PTI | May 27, 2010



After catering to BPL families, Chhattisgarh Government is now planning to launch a subsidised foodgrain scheme for the people living above poverty line (APL) in the state.

Under the scheme, APL families would be provided rice at the rate of Rs 11 per kg and wheat at Rs 10 a kg, official sources said today.

Acting on the direction of Chief Minister Raman Singh, Food and Civil Supply Minister Punnulal Mohle has asked his department officials to prepare a roadmap to implement the ambitious scheme, they said.

Food and Civil Supply Department Secretary Vivek Dhand said the state has 20 lakh APL families.

The government is considering to start the scheme from June, Dhand said.

Part of the stock of 50,000 tonne rice and 24,000 tonne wheat, received by the state from the Centre, will be distributed under the programme.

BPL families in the tribal-dominated state currently get rice at the rate of Re1/Rs 2 per kg.

Comments

 

Other News

Inching closer to a trade deal with America

The cooperation between India and the United States goes back quite a time. We need to relegate that era to the backburner when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru visited US in the times of president Dwight Eisenhower and called the American let-off of 10 million dollars in defence aid to Pakistan as a “gun w

Manch vs Musk: Forty people and a foreign billionaire

About forty people walked the roundabout on Teen Murti Marg to the gate of Chanakyapuri police station, a distance you could cover in under a minute, on Friday to protest against Elon Musk’s Starlink. The walk was called by the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch. Nobody joined them on the way, and nobody seeme

Master sculptor recalls the making of the Shankaracharya statue

The Golden Chisel: The Story Behind the Making of Ram Lalla  By Seethalakshmi S. and Rahul Nandan Rupa Publications, 168 pages, Rs 395  

Mumbai’s missing affordable homes

Mumbai’s real estate market keeps growing, yet homeownership remains out of reach for much of its population. Three experts – urban researcher Hussain Indorewala, urban planner Vidyadhar Phatak and developer Kamlesh Thakur of NAREDCO Maharashtra, agree that simply constructing more apartments

Rubio denies US foreknowledge of Starlink restrictions in Ukraine

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said he was unfamiliar with the Wall Street Journal report suggesting Elon Musk had decided to throttle Starlink services in Ukraine, but rejected claims that Washington had ordered the restrictions to pressure Kyiv.   “There was no

Can AI change India’s breast cancer story?

Breast cancer has become a public-health challenge in India. The greatest opportunity is to find cancers earlier. Artificial intelligence (AI) is opening a new era in breast cancer detection. AI systems can analyse mammograms and other breast-imaging studies, identify subtle abnormalities and assist radi

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter