Odisha

Odisha State Food Security Beneficiaries To Get Additional 5 Kg Rice/Month For 4 Months

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended the distribution of an additional 5 kg of rice per head free of cost to beneficiaries of the State Food Security Scheme for four more months.

Each beneficiary will get an additional 5 kg of rice from the allotment month of December 2021 to March 2022, in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation, a CMO release said.

A total of 2, 88, 528 families, comprising of 9,15,532 members, covered under the State Food Security Scheme, will be benefited.

The government would spend additional Rs 68.13 crore on supplying 4,578 tonnes of rice a month, totalling 18,310.640 tonnes.

This will facilitate beneficiaries enrolled in the State Food Security Scheme to remain on a par with those under National Food Security Act, the release added.

OB Bureau

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