Odisha govt to provide 3 months' PDS rice in advance

Chief Minister Mohan Majhi reviewed the public distribution system at Lok Seva Bhawan and asked the department to provide three months of rice in advance to the beneficiaries.

As per the instructions, each beneficiary will get 15 kg of rice for three months (October to December). 

It is worth mentioning that even though this process started in October, 40 lakh families have not received rice till now. Therefore, the Chief Minister has ordered the department to distribute rice to these families immediately.

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It was also discussed in the meeting that all the workers registered as e-Shramik in the public distribution system will be included. Almost all of the 1.3 million workers registered in e-Shramik have been covered, while 1.31 thousand workers are pending. Hence, the Chief Minister directed to include the left-out workers immediately in the State Food Security Scheme.

The meeting also discussed the One Nation One Ration system.  Chief Minister Majhi suggested streamlining the e-KYC system for migrant Odias living in other states.