Finance Minister Shashi Bhushan Behera inaugurated the State’s own food security scheme at Joda on Monday.
“Nobody will be allowed to live without food and die in starvation in the State,” said the Minister
“There had been an initial provision of food security for 3.26 crore poor families in the year 2011. Now, 40 lakh more families are entitled to get Re 1-a-kg rice.
As the Central Government refused to help those people, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik introduced this scheme on the Gandhi Jayanti to cover all the eligible families,” said Behera
Behera had also inaugurated a similar programme at Champua on the same day.
Among others, Rajya Sabha Member Sarojini Hembram, District Planning Committee Chairman Hrushikesh Naik, MP Shakuntala Laguri, Zilla Parishan President Kamalini Patra, former MLA Jitu Patnaik were present.