Shillong, April 23: Food and Civil Supplies Department inform that rice quota for the month of April 2020 of NFSA and Non NFSA has been distributed fully to 70,198 Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households covering 2,90,989 beneficiaries at the rate Rs 3 per kg of 35 kg rice per household and to 3,51,305 Priority House Hold (PHH) households with 18,54,156 beneficiaries 5kg of rice per beneficiary at the rate of Rs 3 per Kg.
The 1,33,861 households covering a population of 7,72,694 are covered under Non-NFSA and are getting an allocation of approximately 7.215 kg per household at the rate of Rs.12 to Rs. 14 rate fixed by Deputy Commissioners per kg for rice .
Under Pradhan MantriGaribKalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)- the above AAY and Priority Household beneficiaries apart from their PDS NFSA quota are also getting 5 kg rice free of cost per head per month for April, 2020 . They shall also get the PMGKAY free ration for May and June, 2020 also .
Additionally, all AAY and PHH households shall get 1 kg of pulses per month for April, May and June, 2020 free of cost. April quota distribution has already started. It is reiterated again that this is 1kg per household.
The Non-NFSA card holders are not covered under the scheme and are covered by other social security schemes like Open Market Sale Scheme which is providing rice at reasonable market prices of Rs. 29-30 per Kg.
