Odisha to provide 5 kg rice for four months to families covered under the State Food Security Scheme

Bhubaneswar : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday directed to extend distribution of additional 5 kilograms of rice per head free of cost to beneficiaries of the State Food Security Scheme for four months.

As per the directive, each beneficiary of the State Food Security Scheme will get an additional 5 Kg of rice from December 2021 to March 2022, in view of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation.

Chief Minister’s office sources here said as many as 2, 88, 528 families comprising of 9,15,532 members covered under the State Food Security Scheme, will be benefited in the state In total 18,310,460 tons of rice at the rate of 4,578 tons of rice per month will be supplied from the State pool with an expenditure of Rs. 68.13 crore from the State’s own fund.

This will facilitate beneficiaries enrolled in the State Food Security Scheme to remain at par with beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act.

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