Rajasthan
Category
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
Below Poverty Line (BPL as per 2002-3 census) and
State Below Poverty Line
Priority
Quantity
35 kgs per household
35 kgs per household
5 kgs per person
(wheat and rice combined)
Price (₹ per kg)
₹ 1
Wheat
₹ 1
₹ 3
₹ 2
₹ 1
Wheat
Rice
Wheat
Bajra
Inclusion: Rural Areas: 69 percent
Exclusion: Rural Areas
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Application form for Ration Card
Form for Deletion of a Name from the Ration Card
Beneficiaries
Contact
Minister (Department of Food and Supplies)
Principal Secretary (Department of Food and Supplies)
District Supply Officers (Department of Food and Supplies)
Members of Parliament - Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha
Members of Legislative Assembly
Helpline
Call: 1800 180 6127
Website
Food and Supplies Department (Government of Rajasthan)
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For expert assistance and to contact other members of the state campaign, please write to
Kavita Srivastava at kavisriv@gmail.com and
Ashok Khandelwal at ashokko@rediffmail.com
Rations
Foodgrains would be distributed every month from the 20th till the end of the month at all ration shops
Video
[Source: Video Volunteers, 2010]
Research
Implementation of NFSA in Rajasthan: A Preliminary Report on Criteria and Process (Ashok Khandelwal)
News
2014
‘It’s A Confused Government’ (Interview with Ashok Gehlot, 18 August 2014)
Story from Bhajpur (Indian Express 15 April 2014)
2013
Only food and civil supplies department has concrete plans (Times of India, 27 December 2013)
राशन टिकिट वितरण संबंधी दिशा निर्देश जारी (प्रेसनोट, 20 दिसंबर 2013)
Rajasthan to replicate Tamil Nadu’s ‘Amma Unavagam’ (The Hindu, 31 December 2013)
Rajasthan's rocky food law launch (Akshat Kaushal, Business Standard, 8 October 2013)
Rajasthan’s 69 % rural people to get food security (The Hindu, 4 October 2013)
Food Security scheme launched in Rajasthan (The Hindu, 2 October 2013)
Rajasthan to implement Food Security Act from Oct 2 (TNN, 29 September 2013)
Rajasthan residents least dependent on public distribution system (Times of India 30 January 2013)
A Diet Of Apathy (Lola Nayar, Outlook India, 18 August 2014)