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	'''Antyodaya Anna Yojana''' is the sponsored scheme of [[Government of India]] to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families. This scheme was developed by the then Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister, [[~~Shanta Kumar~~]]. It was launched by the [[13th Lok Sabha\|NDA government]] on 25 December 2000 and first implemented in the [[States and union territories of India\|Indian state]] of [[Rajasthan]].		'''Antyodaya Anna Yojana''' is the sponsored scheme of [[Government of India]] to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families. This scheme was developed by the then Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister, [[N Sri Vishnu ]]. It was launched by the [[13th Lok Sabha\|NDA government]] on 25 December 2000 and first implemented in the [[States and union territories of India\|Indian state]] of [[Rajasthan]].

	After identifying the "poorest of the poor" (the 10,000,000 poorest families in the [[Below Poverty Line (India)\|Below Poverty Line]] category) through surveying,<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/antyodaya-scheme-many-states-yet-to-identify-poor/118030\|title=Antyodaya scheme:many states yet to identify poor\|date=2004-11-01\|newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)\|The Financial Express]]\|access-date=2010-01-08}}</ref> the government began providing them an opportunity to purchase up to 35 [[kilogram]]s of [[rice]] and [[wheat]] at a highly subsidised cost of {{INR}}3 per kilogram of rice and {{INR}}2 per kilogram of wheat. Poor families were identified by their respective state rural development facilities through the use of surveys. The scheme has been expanded twice, once in June 2003 and then in August 2004, adding an additional 5,000,000 [[Below Poverty Line (India)\|BPL]] families each time and bringing the total number of families covered up to 20,000,000.{{citation needed\|date=March 2018}} after this additional 50 lakh families were added in 2003.		After identifying the "poorest of the poor" (the 10,000,000 poorest families in the [[Below Poverty Line (India)\|Below Poverty Line]] category) through surveying,<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/antyodaya-scheme-many-states-yet-to-identify-poor/118030\|title=Antyodaya scheme:many states yet to identify poor\|date=2004-11-01\|newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)\|The Financial Express]]\|access-date=2010-01-08}}</ref> the government began providing them an opportunity to purchase up to 35 [[kilogram]]s of [[rice]] and [[wheat]] at a highly subsidised cost of {{INR}}3 per kilogram of rice and {{INR}}2 per kilogram of wheat. Poor families were identified by their respective state rural development facilities through the use of surveys. The scheme has been expanded twice, once in June 2003 and then in August 2004, adding an additional 5,000,000 [[Below Poverty Line (India)\|BPL]] families each time and bringing the total number of families covered up to 20,000,000.{{citation needed\|date=March 2018}} after this additional 50 lakh families were added in 2003.

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	==Ration cards==		==Ration cards==
	Once a family has been recognized as eligible, they are given a unique "Antyodaya [[Ration Card]]". This card, also called the PDS(public distribution card) yellow card, acts as a form of identification, proving that the bearer is authorized to receive the level of rations the card describes. The color of the card is yellow.		Once a family has been recognized as eligible, they are given a unique [["Antyodaya]] [[Ration Card]]". This card, also called the PDS(public distribution card) yellow card, acts as a form of identification, proving that the bearer is authorized to receive the level of rations the card describes. The color of the card is yellow

	==See also==		==See also==

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'''Antyodaya Anna Yojana''' is the sponsored scheme of [[Government of India]] to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families. This scheme was developed by the then Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister, [[Shanta Kumar]]. It was launched by the [[13th Lok Sabha|NDA government]] on 25 December 2000 and first implemented in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Rajasthan]].

After identifying the "poorest of the poor" (the 10,000,000 poorest families in the [[Below Poverty Line (India)|Below Poverty Line]] category) through surveying,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/antyodaya-scheme-many-states-yet-to-identify-poor/118030|title=Antyodaya scheme:many states yet to identify poor|date=2004-11-01|newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]|access-date=2010-01-08}}</ref> the government began providing them an opportunity to purchase up to 35 [[kilogram]]s of [[rice]] and [[wheat]] at a highly subsidised cost of {{INR}}3 per kilogram of rice and {{INR}}2 per kilogram of wheat. Poor families were identified by their respective state rural development facilities through the use of surveys. The scheme has been expanded twice, once in June 2003 and then in August 2004, adding an additional 5,000,000 [[Below Poverty Line (India)|BPL]] families each time and bringing the total number of families covered up to 20,000,000.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} after this additional 50 lakh families were added in 2003.

==Ration cards==
Once a family has been recognized as eligible, they are given a unique "Antyodaya [[Ration Card]]". This card, also called the PDS(public distribution card) yellow card, acts as a form of identification, proving that the bearer is authorized to receive the level of rations the card describes. The color of the card is yellow.

==See also==
* [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Antodaya Yojana]]

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