The scheme provides free food grain through the Public Distribution System, to all the priority households (ration card holders and those identified by the Antyodaya Anna Yojana scheme) – Migrants and the Poor.
“State Food Yojana (Yellow Ration Card)” is a social welfare scheme implemented by the Department Of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Uttarakhand, that provides food per month at a nominal rate to the yellow ration card holder of the state.
The scheme was introduced to provide two sets of clothing items to poor people (other than SC/Fisherman) once in a year as a measure of Social Security. The beneficiaries are identified based on the data from the Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department in Puducherry.
The ‘Differently Abled Pension Scheme’ aims to provide a pension of ₹1,000/- to differently-abled persons with disability level 40% and above. The scheme provides other benefits every year during the Pongal and Deepavali festival saree, dhoti and a nutritious meal is supplied through Anganwadi.
The scheme aims to provide BPL-equivalent benefits to families with two or more specially-abled members. Under this scheme, eligible families receive free medical treatment, ration supplies, and other welfare benefits.
In this scheme, 10 kg of free rice is supplied to poor people through fair-price shops during natural calamities and on two important festive occasions every year. The beneficiaries are identified based on the data from the Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department in Puducherry.