Anna Bhagya Scheme: These people will not get money from this month

Karnataka government provides money to beneficiaries instead of the additional 5 kg of rice, as promised in the Congress Assembly Election manifesto.

By News Next Live Last updated Sep 6, 2023 - 6: 10 pm

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Karnataka Congress government already started transfer money to beneficiary account under the Anna Bhagya Scheme. But now these people will not get money from September. Karnataka Food minister KH Muniyappa said that the distribution of rice would commence after the government listed drought-affected taluks.

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Due to not sufficient rice storage, Karnataka government provides money to beneficiaries instead of the additional 5 kg of rice, as promised in the Congress Assembly Election manifesto. Karnataka food Minister KH Muniyappa said that “In the coming ten days, the state government will make a decision regarding the distribution of 10 kg of rice to each beneficiary. We are engaged in discussions with Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Chhattisgarh to get rice at a reasonable cost,” he said.

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After the meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on Monday, Karnataka minister Krishna Byre Gowda had said that 62 taluks in the Karnataka finalised as drought Taluk, guidelines of the central government. These taluks were identified after conducting a survey in 113 taluks, which face severe crop losses due to shortage of rain.

Gowda further said that since a drought-like situation was reported in the remaining 51 taluks after the survey, the Congress-led state government will conduct one more survey before submitting the final list. Regarding the direct transfer of benefits under Anna Bhagya scheme, Muniyappa revealed that the government successfully implemented this initiative for 97 lakh cardholders in July this year.

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Total of Rs 566 crore was disbursed to approximately 3.45 crore [34.5 million] individuals on July 2023. Rs 606 crore was distributed to 3.69 crore [36.9 million] people on In August 2023. Currently, 21 lakh [2.1 million] individuals lack bank accounts, but we are in the process of establishing accounts for 14 lakh [1.4 million] of them,” he said.