Ration Card Rules: If you are also a ration card holder and take advantage of the free ration scheme run by the government, then this news is useful for you. Yes, the government has given a big gift to the ration card holders.
The Union Cabinet has decided to continue the free supply of nutritious rice. It was decided to continue it till the year 2028 at a cost of Rs 17,082 crore under the Food Law and other welfare schemes.
The decision was taken under the chairmanship of PM Modi
Fortified rice, which is rich in nutrients, is considered important for solving anemia and removing the deficiency of micronutrients in people. This decision was taken in the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the process of making rice nutrient-rich, ‘fortified’ rice kernel (FRK) rich in micronutrients (iron, folic acid, vitamin B12) is mixed with regular rice (custom milled rice) as per the standards set by the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Approval to continue free supply of fortified rice
According to the official statement, the cabinet has approved the continuation of free supply of fortified rice from July 2024 to December 2028 under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and other welfare schemes. Giving information about the decision taken in the cabinet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the total budget for the supply of free fortified rice would be Rs 17,082 crore. This entire expenditure will be borne by the central government. According to the statement, the initiative to make rice nutrient-rich will continue as a central sector initiative.
Let us tell you that Prime Minister Modi had talked about the need for nutritional security in his address on the 75th Independence Day. The government said that an initiative has been taken to ‘supply fortified rice to all states and union territories (UTs) through Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), other welfare schemes, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), PM Poshan’. In April 2022, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had decided to implement the rice fortification initiative across the country in a phased manner by March 2024.
All three phases have been successfully completed and the target of providing nutrient-rich rice in all government schemes has been achieved by March 2024. The government said in a statement, ‘According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) conducted between 2019 and 2021, anemia remains a widespread problem in India, affecting children, women and men of different age groups and income levels.
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