Howrah News Service, 3rd August, 2008
In what appears to be a pre-poll sop to the poor of Orissa, the Naveen Patnaik government on Saturday launched rice at Rs 2 a kg scheme for the BPL families.
Around 55.79 lakh families living below poverty line will be covered under the scheme. Besides 5.40 lakh families living above poverty line in the backward region of Kalahandi-Balangir-Koraput will also benefit from the programme. "Rs 2 a kg rice is the most important programme of our government," said chief minister Naveen Patnaik, while inaugurating the scheme here.
The launch of the much-trumpeted scheme was deferred by a day as the solar eclipse, considered inauspicious, fell on Friday.
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