PM says Centre to extend free ration scheme for poor by 5 years

Raiput, NT Bureau: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Centre will extend its free ration scheme for poor households by five years Modi made the announcement while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party at an election rally in Chhattisgarh.

The state will vote in the Assembly elections on November 7 and November 17.

"During COVID-19, the biggest concern of the poor was what they would feed their children... Then I decided that I will not let any poor sleep hungry, hence the BJP government started the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana," he said.

Even today, lakhs of poor people have been getting free rice and gram under this scheme which is ending in December, but "your son (referring to himself) who has come out from among you has decided....The BJP government will extend the free ration scheme for 80 crore poor people for the next five years, the prime minister said.