Free food grains: Kanya's cadet burden will be a huge burden on the government exchequer
- Difficulty in maintaining the food subsidy bill as estimated in the face of rising prices MUMBAI: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Union Cabinet's decision to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, under which 80 crore people in the country are getting the benefit of free food grains for another five years, is estimated to put an additional burden of Rs 2.40 lakh crore on the government's exchequer annually. . However, it becomes difficult to maintain the subsidy bill as per the budget estimate in case of rising price of foodgrains. Due to this decision, which will be implemented from the new year, the government will have to spend 11.80 trillion rupees in the next five years. But the possibility of this increase is not ruled out. After extending the scheme several times during the Corona period, it was supposed to expire at the end of the current calendar year. In the current financial year, a total expenditure of Rs 1.97 trillion has been estimated for