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Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand says continuing the free grain programme under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojanabeyond December will put a huge burden on government finances and also fuel price pressures. In an interview to TOI,…

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Wheat prices have jumped 1.5% to 3% in September on festival season demand. The extension of the Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) announced on Wednesday is now expected to tamp down prices by increasing the total availability of…

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) scheme by three months till December 2022. The current Phase-VI of the PM-GKAY scheme, which has been under implementation…

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Extreme poverty in India reduced by over 12 percentage points in 2019 as compared with 2011 and the poverty headcount rate has declined from 22.5 per cent in 2011 to 10.2 per cent in 2019, according to a Working Paper of the World Bank. It…

A new (International monetary fund) IMF paper released on Tuesday, titled ‘Pandemic, Poverty, and Inequality: Evidence from India’ reveals that ‘extreme poverty was maintained below 1% in 2020 due to Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana…

The Centre is examining the feasibility of a proposal for a scheme that will support subsidised food canteens as many states already have such schemes in place. A final call on the proposal will be taken at the highest level after examining…