
Modi govt's largest ration subsidy scheme .
Modi govt's largest ration subsidy scheme .
Narendra Modi-led government has approved the world’s largest food security scheme to benefit 80 crore people across the country. Out of them, every person will get 7 kg ration per month for the next three months, including wheat at a cost of Rs 2 per kg, instead of Rs 27 per kg; and rice at cost of Rs 3 per kg, instead of Rs 37 per kg, Cabinet Minister Prakash Javadekar said in a press conference today. The decision is taken after PM Modi announced a countrywide lockdown , forcing people to stay inside their houses for the next 21 days to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.