UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 3

● Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till Deepawali & Chhath Puja, i.e. till the end of November.
● During this five-month period from July till the end of November, more than 80 crore people will be provided 5 kg free wheat/rice per month.
● Along with providing 5kg free rice/wheat to each member of a family, 1 kg free whole chana will also be provided to each family per month.
● The government will spend more than Rs 90,000 crore towards the extension of the scheme.
● If the amount spent towards it in the previous three months is added together, a total of almost Rs 1.5 lakh crore would be spent towards the scheme.
● The Modi government had announced an additional allocation in the world’s largest food security scheme – PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana –earlier this year, which aimed to ensure sufficient foods with the poor and needy amid the coronavirus crisis. Hence statement 1 is correct.
● The food grains were to be distributed to all the beneficiaries under the targeted public distribution system (TPDS) for Antyodaya Anna Yojana(AAY) and priority household (PHH) ration cardholders. Hence statement 2 is correct.