Chandigarh, Jun 30 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar while welcoming the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give free ration to needy and poor families till the month of November said that this would be an enormous humanitarian aid for them.
As a result, around 80 crore people will continue to receive free ration for the next five months, the Chief Minister said.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the Nation, Chief Minister, in a statement here on Tuesday, said that as a result of this announcement 80 crore people would get free of cost five kilograms of wheat or five kgs of rice for the month of July, August, September, October, and November. Besides this, one kg of gram will also be given to each family.