Addressing beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) of Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Gujarat is among those states that implemented the One Nation-One Ration Card scheme first. Gujarat continues to get the benefits of double engine governments, he said. Nearly 3.5 crore people from Gujarat are benefiting from free ration, said Modi, while lauding the state government for giving priority to lakhs of migrant labourers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, despite most of them not having ration cards or even such cards of their native states.

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Under the scheme that will continue until Diwali, government provides 5kilos of wheat and rice in addition to the already stipulated quota of wheat provided at Rs 2 per kg, and rice at Rs 3 per kg.