Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to extend the state’s popular ‘free-ration scheme’ for another three months. The decision – was taken at the first cabinet meeting of the Yogi 2.0 government.
During a media brief after the meet, the Uttar Pradesh CM said “Free ration scheme scheduled to expire in March. Around 15 crore people are benefitting from it in the state.”
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“In the cabinet meeting today, we have decided to extend the free ration scheme for the next three months. It will benefit 15 crore people of the state,” he added.
Earlier on Friday, Adityanath took oath as the chief minister of the state in a jam-packed Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow having a crowd of more than 50,000 in attendance. A total of 52 ministers took oath as ministers, including two deputy chief ministers.
The free ration scheme for the economically weaker sections was started during the corona pandemic period. The scheme was supposed to last till November 2021 but the Centre extended Pradhan Mantri Garib Anna Yojana till March 2022.
(Vinayak)
