Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Wednesday that the Gujarat government will launch food items like wheat, rice, pulses and sugar free of cost to families with April 1 lakh ration cards from April 1. The plan is to ensure that the poor, who are dependent on their daily wages, are not affected by the 21-day nationwide lockdown due to the outbreak of coronavirus and do not have to buy food items in April, he said. Meeting in Gandhinagar.

"With the entire country under lockdown, Gujarat has made an important decision, that poor families - around one lakh families or 3 crore crore people - have ration cards, they will get food items, including kg / kg of wheat per person. kg is rice. From 1 April, 1 kg of beans per family, sugar and salt free of charge, "said Rupani. The chief minister said that his government was concerned about the poorest families in the state, and would continue to make decisions so that they would not face any setbacks during the lockdown.

Poor families facing daily problems face major problems as the work is closed for 21 days. Our sensitive government understands this, and we will make more decisions in the future so that such people do not face more problems. "He said. Rupani also requested people to stay indoors for 21 days. Gujarat has registered 38 cases of coronavirus and one has died due to Covid-2. The entire state is under lockdown.

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Wednesday that the Gujarat government will launch food items like wheat, rice, pulses and sugar free of cost to families with April 1 lakh ration cards from April 1.
The plan is to ensure that the poor, dependent on everyday employment, are not affected by the 21-day lockdown in the country due to outbreak of coronavirus and do not have to buy food items in April, he said. Meeting in Gandhinagar.

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Gujarat has made an important decision because the entire country is under lock, poor families