There have been various rumours since the government announced the Rs 1.70 lakh crore Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to help the poor withstand the hardship caused by the coronavirus lockdown.

A government release notes successful implementation of fortified rice supply, and progress in digitising ration cards and ...

The programme, called Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), offered, free of cost, an additional five kilogram of rice or wheat and one kilogram of pulses, every month, to people of ...

Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, poor families receive 5 kg of food grains each month. The department also said the high food security cover has already "created a serious fiscal ...