New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a crucial cabinet meeting on Saturday evening. The meeting was convened at 4:30 p.m. Normally, such meetings take place on Wednesdays, but this time all eyes were on the purpose for which this meeting was convened on Saturday. A major issue was decided in this meeting.
In the crucial meeting of this Cabinet, the Garib Anna Kalyan Yojana has been extended for the next six months. It was decided in the Modi cabinet that the scheme will remain in force till September 30. Earlier, the scheme was expiring by March 31. Let us tell you that the Central Government started this scheme (PMGKAY) after the lockdown was imposed due to Corona Virus. For this, the government had allocated an amount of 1.70 crores. Under this scheme, the poor have been getting free food grains at the rate of 5 kg per person.
Let us tell you that on Friday, almost the entire cabinet was in Lucknow because the process of forming a new government in UP was to be completed. In such a situation, after returning from there, prime minister Modi called this meeting the next day. It is worth mentioning that these days the Parliament is in session and in such a situation, many meanings of this cabinet meeting were being extracted.
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