Under provisions of National Food Security Act, subsidised blue kerosene is being provided to 1.17 crore families under PDS in the State. These include 42 lakh families who were included in above poverty line (APl) category before Act’s implementation in the state.
Before implementation of the Act in the State, there were 85.39 lakh APl families, 57.03 lakh BPl families and 17.59 lakh AAY families. They were provided 5 litres of kerosene per family like Antyodaya and BPl families. Kerosene to APl families was provided as per its availability in the state. These included families devoid of gas connection. Food and Civil Supplies Department has made arrangements to provide subsidised white kerosene to financially sound families. Its pilot project has been started by the department in Bhopal, Khandwa, Indore, Seoni, Jabalpur and Sehore.