Lok Sabha Debates
Need To Allocate Additional Quota Of Wheat And Rice For Distribution … on 5 May, 2003
Title: Need to allocate additional quota of wheat and rice for distribution among BPL families in Gujarat.
(VADODARA): The Government of India is allotting BPL quota (wheat and rice) on the basis of 21.20 lakh BPL families. The total number of households and BPL families have increased over the year. At present, there are 35.52 lakh BPL ration card holders in the State. Thus the State Government is not able to distribute the foodgrains as per scale determined by the Government of India.
I, therefore, urge the Centre that the State Government should be allocated foodgrains for all the 35.52 lakh BPL ration card holder of Gujarat.