Food Stamps News 2024 India. In an effort to avoid defaulting on the nation's loans, lawmakers created updates to snap, the nation's largest food assistance safety net. The government used to receive rs 13,900 crore in a year from selling subsidised foodgrains under the nfsa.
The cabinet led by prime minister has decided that the central government will provide free food grains to about 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the pradhan mantri garib kalyan anna yojana (pmgkay) for a period of five years with effect from 1st january, 2024. It adopted ai in welfare schemes to weed out ineligible ones, but has wrongfully removed thousands of legitimate ones.