A plan panel official said the commission is concerned that the food subsidy burden of the government would not lessen if the Below Poverty Line (BPL) population of the country continued to get 25 kg of rice at Rs 5.8 per kg and wheat at Rs 3.5 per kg rather than it being brought down to 25 kg at Rs 3 per kg.
The government is already working overtime to enumerate the number of BPL families which will be the intended beneficiaries under the Act. There seems to be a disparity in the figure as against 4.02 crore BPL households estimated by the Centre, there are about 8.13 crore BPL cardholders.
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