India
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New Delhi, Aug 03: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in Gujarat through video conferencing. CM Vijay Rupani is also present at the event.
“Govt is making efforts to provide every possible help to the citizens. Schemes should reach the beneficiaries. I am satisfied that your family’s ration problem is solved now,” PM Modi told beneficiaries.
“Since Independence, almost every govt said to provide cheap food to the poor. The reach of cheap ration schemes and budget increased during these years. But the effect remained limited. Food storage kept increasing but starvation and malnutrition didn’t decrease in that ratio,” he said.
“One of the main reasons was the lack of effective delivery system. To change this situation afresh work was started after 2014. Crores of fake beneficiaries were…
