Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is an Indian government sponsored scheme for ten million of the poorest families. It was launched by NDA government on 25 December 2000. It is on the look out for the 'poorest of the poor'[1] by providing them 35 kilograms of rice and wheat at Rs.3 & Rs.2 per kg respectively. Under this scheme one crore of the poorest among the BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system were identified. Poor families were identified by the respective state rural development facility through a below poverty line survey.

The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families each in June 2003 and in August 2004,thus covering 2 crore families under the AAY scheme .This was first witnessed in the Rajasthan state.Scale And Issue Price Antyodaya Anna Yojana considers recognition of 1 crore families from the BPL families that will be given food granules at the tariff of thirty five Rs for each kg for each family every month. The food granules will be given by the Indian Government at the rate of Rs. two for every one kilo for wheat & Rs. three for every one kilo of rice. The Indian Government proposes that in sight of miserable poverty of this cluster of recipients, the State Government can guarantee that last retail cost is kept at Rs. two for one kg for wheat & Rs. three for one kilo. for rice.

Issue of Ration Cards

Following the recognition of Antyodaya families, unique quota cards to be recognized an "Antyodaya Ration Card" must be given to the Antyodaya families by the chosen power. These ration card must be having the required details regarding the Antyodaya family, level of ration etc.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Antyodaya scheme:many states yet to identify poor". The Financial Express. 2004-11-01. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  2. ↑ "Feature". Pib.nic.in. 2000-12-25. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  3. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh News : Efforts on to distribute ‘Antyodaya Anna Yojana' cards". The Hindu. 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2012-10-30.


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