The central authorities has requested the meals officers in Jammu Kashmir to obtain luggage that includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picture.
In preparation for the 2024 common election, the Central authorities is allocating roughly ₹15 crore throughout 5 states to obtain luggage that includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emblem for the distribution of meals grains beneath the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
The expenditure for this initiative quantities to Rs 13 crore in Rajasthan alone.
Thus far, the regional places of work of the Meals Company of India (FCI) in Jammu Kashmir, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tripura, Sikkim, and Meghalaya have finalized tenders for buying “woven laminated luggage with an indicative emblem of PM Modi” for distributing meals grains.
Below the PMGKAY, free meals grains are offered to roughly 81.35 crore beneficiaries of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Precedence Households (PHH).
The Central authorities claims that over 75 crore individuals benefitted annually beneath PMGKAY in 2020-21 and 2021-22.
In accordance a report by Hindu, an RTI response reveals that numerous portions of luggage have been ordered in several states.
As an illustration, the Jammu Kashmir workplace has ordered a complete of 1,37, 564 solely for Anantnag district. The amount of the baggage is 10 kilograms and accommodates of a large picture of PM Modi, sources informed The Kashmiriyat.
The FCI’s directive to its regional places of work to obtain these luggage with the Prime Minister’s emblem has raised questions, significantly because it coincides with the upcoming common election.
Officers within the Ministry of Shopper Affairs, Meals and Public Distribution have indicated that this branding of luggage with political figures’ faces started in 2024, forward of the election.
This contrasts with earlier distribution efforts through the pandemic, the place unbranded jute sacks have been used.
The annual meals subsidy borne by the Central authorities for distributing meals grains to AAY households and PHH beneficiaries quantities to ₹2.13 lakh crore.
It’s pertinent to say right here that the pictures of PM Modi have featured on a lot of the authorities schemes and his photos are virtually in all places within the public areas together with bus and gasoline stations, outlets.
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