PM Modi on Tuesday extended the scheme to provide five kg foodgrains and one kg of pulses for free to 80 crore beneficiaries for another five months. Modi said the five-month extension will cost around Rs 90,000 crore. Poor families are entitled to 5 kg grains every month and the govt is topping up the entitlement with a matching quantity, with pulses thrown in, at no charge.
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