Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 11: With a mission to provide free ration to the poor and needy under the nationwide scheme Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana(PMGKAY), former Minister and Ex-MLA Jammu West, Sat Sharma (CA) distributed free ration amongst more than 100 families at Kabir Colony, Ward 40 along with local corporator, Neelam Nargotra. Residents of the area and political activists Including Mandal president BJP, Keshav Chopra , district Incharge PMGKAY Annu Behnal were also present on the occasion.
In his address , Sat Sharma said that after independence, almost every Government talked about providing cheap food to the poor but the scope and budget of cheap ration schemes increased year after year, but the effect it should have had remained limited. The country’s food stocks kept increasing, but starvation and malnutrition did not decrease in that proportion which also resulted in lack of an effective delivery system, he added.
He stated that now with the efforts of PM Modi the world has acknowledged the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana and free ration has been made available to more than 80 crore people during the pandemic with the expenditure of more than two lakh crore Rupees, he said. He also stated that Ward wise teams in Jammu West have been constituted to check that the scheme is implemented properly and benefits of the same are provided to deserving persons.
Neelam Nargotra said that to ameliorate the hardships faced by the poor and the needy due to economic disruptions caused by the pandemic, the Central Government through PMGKAY is helping the poor to overcome the problems. She also complimented former MLA for going Ward wise and helping the poor and needy to take benefits of various Central sponsored schemes.
Yash Pal Shivgotra, Arun Dubey, Rajesh Saini, Deepak Kumar, Bablu Chand, Parveen Ghai, Paramjit Ravinder, Rahul Nargotra, JP Sharma, Manohar Lal Gupta and several others were also present.
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