COVID-19

COVID Assistance: More Than 5.7 Lakh Beneficiaries Deprived In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: More than 5.7 lakh beneficiaries — 2,09,650 beneficiaries in the first phase and 3,64,495 beneficiaries in the second phase — have been deprived of COVID assistance in Odisha.

This was informed by Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak in the Assembly on Wednesday while replying to a question raised by Khandapada BJD MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik.

“Total number of ration cardholders in Odisha was 95,51,694 during FY 2019-20 and it is 95,85,766 now. Out of the total number, 93,42,044 families were provided with COVID assistance in the first phase and 92,21,271 families in the second phase,” Nayak said.

OB Bureau

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