Government has decided to make distribution of ration under National Food Security Act free for 81.3 crore poor for one year 
Government has decided to make distribution of ration under National Food Security Act free for 81.3 crore poor for one year More than 80 crore people will now get free foodgrains under National Food Security Act. They will not have to pay a single rupee to get food grains til December 2023. Government will spend around Rs 2 lakh crore per year on this, said Union minister Piyush Goyal on Friday.
"Government has decided to make distribution of ration under National Food Security Act free for 81.3 crore poor for one year. Making ration free under National Food Security Act will cost about Rs 2 lakh crore, Centre will bear the cost," said Goyal about the Union Cabinet decision.
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