Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Arun Jaitley likely to scrap PDS sugar subsidy in budget, save Rs 4,500 crore

At present, the scheme has a target of 40 crore beneficiaries of below the poverty line (BPL) families.

High subsidy burden due to Food Bill is exaggeration: Plan Com

Planning Commission Member Abhijit Sen today termed it exaggeration, the likely huge rise in government's subsidy burden on account of implementing the proposed National Food Security Bill, as suggested in some quarters.