Odisha government to provide free rice for one year under the State Food Security Scheme

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The Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha will provide free 5 Kg rice per month to the beneficiaries under the State Food Security Scheme for one year. This was announced by the chief minister Naveen Patnaik on 3 January 2023. 

According to the Chief Minister’s Office the total expenditure for the scheme will be Rs 185 crore which will be borne by the state government 

Earlier the Government of India made the foodgrains provided under the National Food Security Act 2013 to the beneficiaries free for one year from 1 January 2023.  

The Odisha government launched its own State Food Security Scheme on 2 October 2018 for those poor people who were not covered under the National Food Security Act 2013. These beneficiaries were provided 5Kg of rice at Re1 per kg.

Under the National Food Security Act the Antodaya Anna Yojana beneficiaries get 35 kg of food grains (rice or wheat or coarse cereals) per month and the Priority Household gets 5kg per person per month.

Odisha 

The State of Orissa was founded on 1 April 1936 after it was separated from the Bengal presidency. 

1 April is celebrated as Utkal Dibas or Odisha divas in Odisha.

Odisha was earlier called as Orissa. Its name was changed to Odisha in 2011.

Governor of Odisha: Ganeshi Lal 

Capital: Its capital was at Cuttack but it was shifted to Bhubaneswar on 19 August 1949.