New Delhi: In a big move to alleviate the travails of poor during the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that about 80 crore people will get free ration till Diwali.
This will be done under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY).
“The government is with the poor during this pandemic. Over 80 crore of our population will get ration till November. Nobody should sleep hungry,” PM Modi said today during a national address.
The scheme was first rolled out in 2020 soon after the nation went into lockdown was announced to combat the COVID-19.
Prime Minister today strongly defended his government’s vaccination policy and announced that the Centre would take back control of vaccination from states and provide free vaccines to all over the next two weeks.
