Gujarat to provide 1 kg sugar and other ration items free to 60 lakh families amid COVID-19 lockdown

Gandhinagar, April 9: Due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Wednesday said the state government will provide free ration to 60 lakh families who were not getting food under National Food Security Act.

“We have decided that people with Above Poverty Line 1 card, who were not getting food grains due to National Food Security Act will now be given 10 kg wheat grains, 3 kg Rice, 1 Kg Pulse grain and 1 kg sugar-free of cost. 60 lakh families will get benefited from it,” Rupani said. Meanwhile, the coronavirus cases in Gujarat is rising rapidly.

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