The Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana has been expanded in the State since March 1, 2014 under the provisions of the National Food Security Act. Apart from Antyodaya and BPl families, 25 other categories of families have been identified and brought under the ambit of priority family category.
Benefit of the Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana is being extended to 4.18 crore people in the State. However, still a large number of families are yet to be included in the scheme. For this, Food and Civil Supplies Department has decided to celebrate Food Security Festival from June 9 to 25.
During the period, left out families will be contacted and issued eligibility slips. With this, they will start getting benefit of the scheme in July. There are 58 lakh SC and ST families in the state. Of these, only 43,55,000 families have been verified on Samagra Portal. During the festival, every eligible family under Samagra Social Security Mission will be surveyed and lists of those not yet verified on the basis of declaration will be posted Panchayat-wise and ward-wise on the website
left out families will be asked to fill up Form-A to be verified as priority families. The department has directed collectors to appoint one in-charge in every Panchayat and ward for this. An additional person may also be appointed to assist as in-charge in the villages where over 50 SC and ST families are yet to be verified.
The in-charge officers will get eligible families to fill up forms on June 9 itself and receipt thereof will be given. The families not getting eligibility slips will be made to fill up Form-B for inclusion in the scheme. Use of entry of caste on the basis of declaration on Samagra portal will be done for the purpose of extending benefit of only PDS to these families.
Process will be undertaken from June 18 to 22 for presentation of declarations by provisionally verified SC, ST and other category families. Eligibility slips will be distributed at block level conventions on June 25. The left out persons will be provided eligibility slips through local bodies and Gram Panchayats from June 26 to 30.