Tag: Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Bhubaneswar: The Centre today proposed the Odisha government to provide sugar at subsidized price to the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) card holders. In a letter to the Odisha chief secretary Aditya Padhi, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution today proposed distribution of sugar through the Public Distribution System (PDS) under the National […]

Opposition parties on Monday were up in arms demanding a CBI inquiry into the existence of around four lakh ghost beneficiaries under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana

New Delhi: Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday said the government had decided to restore subsidy to states on sale of sugar to poor families covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) through the PDS. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has taken a decision to give one kg sugar […]