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Junior science refresher magazine
Junior science refresher magazine published this article page no 4 this article was published in december food subsidy for decentralized procurement (dcp). mechanism for procurement of food grain ministry of consumer affairs food & public distribution implemented two types of procurement policy centralised procurement procurement of food grains is undertaken by fci directly/indirectly for storage and subsequent issue. difference between economic cost and central issue price (cip) at which food grains are issued to states is reimbursed to fci as food subsidy. Junior science refresher magazine subscription decentralized procurement (dcp) under this scheme the state government itself undertakes direct purchase of paddy/rice and wheat and also stores and distributes these food grains under nfsa and other welfare schemes. 86 however there will be no changes in the issue prices of food grains supplied to states for other welfare programmes like mid-day meals (mdms). it should also be noted that this newly launched pmgkay is different form the pmgkay that was launched in 2020 as a pandemic relief measure. o in 2020 the pm gkay was launched to provide 5 kg of free food grains to nfsa beneficiaries in addition to their monthly entitlement (35 kg to a antyodaya household and 5kg per person in a priority household) of subsidized food grains under the nfsa act. now this scheme has been discontinued Junior science refresher magazine subscription price. Junior science refresher magazine