No rice for poor under PM scheme in tribal hill districts, Manipur CM told
Government officials and transport contractors have paralysed the monthly rice distribution system under PMGKAY, says a people’s rights group.
#manipur #BirenSingh #PMGKAY #MPRFM #GovtSchemes #food #WelfareSchemes #poverty #BJPStates #india
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-rice-for-poor-under-pm-scheme-in-tribal-hill-districts-manipur-cm-told/article68186372.ece
No rice for poor under PM scheme in tribal hill districts, Manipur CM told
People's rights group in Manipur accuses officials and contractors of depriving poor of PMGKAY rice, urging Chief Minister's intervention.
The extension of India’s free food grain scheme, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana is not expected to impose a major fiscal impact on the country’s
#INDIA #PMGKAY #FiscalDeficit #Economicimpact
https://www.ganganews.com/india/food-grain-scheme-no-impact-on-indias-fiscal-deficit/
Food Grain Scheme: No Impact On India's Fiscal Deficit : Ganga News
Senior government officials in India have stated that the extension of the free food grain scheme won't have a substantial fiscal impact.
What free food rations hide: A rollback of social security in India
The sugar-coated termination of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana calls for an urgent expansion of alternative social security measures.
#welfare #FreeFoodRations #FoodSecurity #PMGKAY #NFSA #governance #MastIndia #india #JeanDreze
https://scroll.in/article/1040987/what-free-food-rations-hide-a-rollback-of-social-security-in-india
What free food rations hide: A rollback of social security in India
The sugar-coated termination of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana calls for an urgent expansion of alternative social security measures.
Let's get back to Modi photo -- given that money is going, BJP wanted to extract max political advertisement. They even went to level of saying
#PMGKAY eradicated poverty in India via an @IMFNews paper.
https://m.timesofindia.com/business/india-business/pmgkay-helped-keep-extreme-poverty-at-lowest-level-in-pandemic-hit-2020-imf-working-paper/articleshow/90691771.cms
PMGKAY helped keep extreme poverty at lowest level in pandemic-hit 2020: IMF working paper - Times of India
India Business News: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), which provides free foodgrains to poor people, played a key role in keeping extreme poverty in India at t
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/pmgkay-extension-of-free-foodgrain-scheme-is-fiscal-compulsion-or-welfare-choice-8419101.html
This gives slightly detailed perspective on the issue. Ex-insider view - @Subhashgarg1960. It's bitter sweet that the "Modi pic" shout down from @nsitharaman revives this piece.
Despite #PMGKAY stocks, India consumes the same amount of foodgrains.
PMGKAY | Extension of free foodgrain scheme is fiscal compulsion or welfare choice?
The government has to bear the economic cost of foodgrains procured, whether it keeps stocking in FCI warehouses or distributes it free of cost. The fiscal impact is no different. Thus, the only way to lessen the fiscal impact is to procure less
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