PM Garib Kalyan Yojana: Goa got rice free of cost

RAJESH BANAULIKAR, ArporaPublished Jun 13, 2021, 12:00 AM IST

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Finally, all eligible Goans received rice free of cost for two months under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana.

Thanks to Goa government and PM Modi for the distribution through fair price shops as declared during the peak of pandemic.

Now, this scheme is extended till November 2021 all over India. For this scheme central government is spending Rs 20 lakh crore.

This is called government of the people. Specifically, poorest poor would definitely believe in the Modi government.

Goa government is very transparent in Public Distribution System. All ration card holders get commodities after applying their finger prints. That means no black market of commodities in the State. This procedure is commendable.

Govt must think before opening up

A F NAZARETH, Alto Porvorim

Published Jun 12, 2021, 11:59 PM IST

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The rate at which the number of people testing Covid positive daily in Goa and those dying, is far from encouraging, and a sad reflection of the Goa govt’s poor handling of the second wave of the pandemic. It is more than a month since curfew was imposed in the State, with restrictions on people’s movement and the opening of shops and restaurants. Yet, the Covid positivity rate in Goa stands at an alarming rate of 12% with around 450 persons testing positive…