Intensive Household Survey 2014 Overview
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Rice distribution
A whopping 87.57 lakh eligible families,
approximately 2,86,00,000 (two crore
eighty six lakh) beneficiaries, are being
supplied rice from 1st January, 2015 at 6
kgs per person at Re. 1 per kg without
any ceiling on the number of members
in the family. More than 1.80 lakh MT of
rice per month would be required for this
purpose. Rs. 1,597 was being spent on
the subsidy.
To arrive at the eligibility of the BPL
families, the family income limit in rural
areas has been increased to Rs. 1.50
lakh and in urban areas to Rs. 2 lakh.
The land ceiling has also been
increased to 3.5 acres of wet land and
7.5 acres of dry land.
Government started supplying superfine
rice, or Sanna Biyyam, to schools and
hostels benefitting 56 lakh students
annually with an additional outlay of Rs
120 crore. More than 12,500 MT of rice is
being distributed for the purpose.
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