Published 08 Apr,2021 via The Financial Express - The government has decided to distribute cash instead of food to the poor under various safety net programmes and others hit hard by the pandemic.
The low food stock in its storages has forced the government to take such a decision.
The food grain stock in public warehouses is one of the lowest in many years.
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