Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has introduced to offer free rice for the month of July to November, giving an enormous aid to the poor households of the state on account of Corona epidemic. All BPL ration card holders of the state can be given rice for 5 months freed from price from July to November.
Along with this, the Chief Minister has additionally introduced to provide further rice equal to PM Garib Kalyan Yojana to all ration playing cards issued below the State Food Security Act. With this announcement of the Chief Minister, 2 crore 51 lakh 46 thousand 424 members of 67 lakh 90 thousand 987 ration playing cards of the state can be benefited.
It is value noting that with a purpose to present aid to the poor and needy households of the state, rice for the months of May and June has additionally been distributed freed from price below the Public Distribution System. Under the announcement of Chief Minister Baghel, now rice for the month of July to November may also be given freed from price to the poor households.