- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched the state’s own food security scheme through video conferencing on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
- The food security programme will cover the poor people ‘left out’ from the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
- Under the scheme, the beneficiaries will get 5 kg of rice per person, per month at a rate of Rs 1 per kg.
- The state government will spend Rs 443.5 crore per annum to support the scheme and Rs 221.75 crore in the current financial year.
