The aim of the Antyodaya Anna Yojana scheme, launched in 2000, is to provide special food-based

assistance to destitute households. These households are given a special ration card (an “Antyodaya card”),

and are entitled to special grain quotas at highly subsidised prices. Against each Antyodaya card, beneficiary

household or individuals are entitled to 35kg. of subsidized rice or wheat per month from the designated

local ration shop. The subsidized price charged is Rs. 2/- per kg. for wheat and Rs. 3/- per kg. for rice.

Under no circumstance a FPS dealer should charge any additional charges above this price.
AAY Court Order Summary
1. Every family or individual in the following social group should be given an Antyodaya Card:

1. Aged, infirm, disabled, destitute men and women, pregnant and lactating women, destitute

women;

2. widows and other single women with no regular support;

3. old persons (aged 60 or above) with no regular support and no assured means of

subsistence;

4. households with a disabled adult and assured means of subsistence;

5. households where due to old age, lack of physical or mental fitness, social customs, need to

care for a disabled, or other reasons, no adult member is available to engage in gainful

employment outside the house;

6. primitive tribes.

ii. BPL is not a criterion for getting an Antyodaya card, and it is illegal for the above mentioned groups

or individuals to be denied AAY cards just because they are wrongly not included in the BPL list of the village

or wrongly denied a BPL-PDS card before. This means that if an individual not having BPL-PDS card applies

for AAY card, then he cannot be denied AAY card just because he/she did not possess BPL-PDS card or did

not have his/her name in the BPL list. This decision can be only taken after due investigation, ascertaining

the economic and social status of the individual or household.

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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 guarantees 100 days of employment in a financial year

to any rural household whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work. This work guarantee

can also serve other objectives: generating productive assets, protecting the environment, empowering

rural women, reducing ruralurban migration and fostering social equity, among others. The Act which came

into force initially in 200 districts, and will be extended gradually to other areas notified by the Central

Government. It will cover the whole country within five years.

NREGA Summary
1. Eligibility: Any person who is above the age of 18 and resides in rural areas is entitled to apply for

work.

2. Entitlement: Any applicant is entitled to work within 15 days, for as many days as he/she has

applied, subject to a limit of 100 days per household per year.

3. Distance: Work is to be provided within a radius of 5 kilometres of the applicant’s residence if

possible, and in any case within the Block. If work is provided beyond 5 kilometres, travel allowances have

to be paid.

4. Wages: Workers are entitled to the statutory minimum wage applicable to agricultural labourers in

the state, unless and until the Central Government “notifies” a different wage rate. If the Central

Government notifies, the wage rate is subject to a minimum of Rs 60/- per day.

5. Timely payment: Workers are to be paid weekly, or in any case not later than a fortnight.

Payment of wages is to be made directly to the person concerned in the presence of independent persons of

the community on pre-announced dates.

6. Unemployment allowance: If work is not provided within 15 days, applicants are entitled to an

unemployment allowance: one third of the wage rate for the first thirty days, and one half thereafter.

7. Worksite facilities: Labourers are entitled to various facilities at the worksite such as clean

drinking water, shade for periods of rest, emergency health care, and child-minding.
 
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o commissioner’s
o adviser's
o field reports

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o ICDS
o MDM
o TPDS
o NMBS
o NFBS
o NOAPS
o AAY


o schemes
o themes


o complaint guidelines
o file a complaint
o status of complaints


o adviser's manual
o primers
o supreme court orders


o supreme court orders
o high court orders

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