Tag: State Food Security Scheme

The total beneficiaries comprise those receiving benefits under the National Food Security Scheme and State Food Security Scheme.

Each beneficiary of the scheme will get an additional 5 kg of rice from the allotment month of December 2021 to March 2022, in view of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation

Bhubaneswar: With the general polls round the corner, Odisha government today launched the ‘Ama Ghare LED Yojana’ to provide free LED bulbs to beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and State Food Security Scheme (SFSS). Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the scheme at the State Secretariat here through video conferencing. Under the scheme, […]

Bhubaneswar: Doubts are being raised over the motive behind the new State Food Security Act, after Opposition parties allege beneficiaries of the scheme are being chosen on basis of party affiliations. A video showing Kantabanji MLA Ayub Khan denying ration card to an old woman for not voting BJD party and another one of BJP […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended the deadline to link Aadhaar numbers with Public Distribution System (PDS) to August 31, failing which beneficaries will not be able to avail their ration from September, an official said. The deadline was extended from July 31 as over 34 lakh PDS beneficiaries in the state are yet to […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after Odisha government announced to provide free of cost rice and pulses to the beneficiaries under State Food Security Scheme (SFSS) in view of the COVID-19 crisis, the BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the ruling-BJD alleging the party of misleading the people to take credit for the development. Targeting the […]