steps taken by government for food security in India
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steps taken by government for food security in India
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• Food grains have been provided at extremely subsidised prices for targeted population under state governments/UT administrations as part of the following schemes:
- Targeted Public Distribution System/TPDS
- Other Welfare Schemes/OWS
- Mid Day Meal Scheme
- Integrated Child Development Services/ICDS scheme
- Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
• Government has so far allocated 614.53 lakh tonnes of food grains under TPDS and OWS
• Allocation of 483.70 lakh tonnes have occurred under TPDS while 66.45 lakh tonnes are for additional APL and BPL allocation
• 12.04 lakh tonnes are for natural calamities and additional TPDS requirements
• Allocation of 52.34 lakh tonnes of food grains under the OWS