<p>Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the Anna Suvidha scheme providing home delivery of foodgrains to households with only senior citizens above 80 years of age will be relaxed, a move expected to benefit another 1.3 lakh beneficiaries. </p><p>Placing his record-extending 16th Budget in the Vidhana Soudha, Siddaramaiah said: "Two lakh beneficiaries have been have been identified under this scheme. This service will be extended to households with only senior citizens above 75 years of age in the present year. As many as 3.3 lakh beneficiaries will benefit from this initiative."</p><p>The chief minister also announced that CCTVs would be installed in wholesale warehouses and GPS-based vehicle tracking systems and command control centres would be set up at a total cost of Rs 5 crore. </p>.Karnataka Budget: CM announces Rs 10 crore Naxal rehabilitation package, 11 police divisions for Bengaluru.<p>Siddaramaiah also reiterated his government’s decision to provide 10 kg of rice (5 kg of rice in lieu of the Direct Bank Transfer of Rs 170) to 4.21 crore beneficiaries of its Anna Bhagya guarantee scheme.</p><p>Food and Civil Supplies Minister K H Muniyappa had said during a press meet on February 19 that the state government will procure the remaining rice from the Centre at a cost of Rs 22.5 per kg, which comes to roughly Rs 25 per kg when transport costs are added. </p>.<p><strong>Key Announcements</strong></p><ul><li><p>Integrating the electronic weighing machine and point of sale devices in fair price shops with the IT system of Public Distribution System (PDS)</p></li><li><p>SC/ST communities and co-operative societies will be given preference in allotment</p></li><li><p>Increasing the wholesale margin under the Anna Bhagya scheme from Rs 35 per kg to Rs 45 per kg</p></li><li><p>New fair price shops to be started wherever there is necessity</p></li></ul>
<p>Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the Anna Suvidha scheme providing home delivery of foodgrains to households with only senior citizens above 80 years of age will be relaxed, a move expected to benefit another 1.3 lakh beneficiaries. </p><p>Placing his record-extending 16th Budget in the Vidhana Soudha, Siddaramaiah said: "Two lakh beneficiaries have been have been identified under this scheme. This service will be extended to households with only senior citizens above 75 years of age in the present year. As many as 3.3 lakh beneficiaries will benefit from this initiative."</p><p>The chief minister also announced that CCTVs would be installed in wholesale warehouses and GPS-based vehicle tracking systems and command control centres would be set up at a total cost of Rs 5 crore. </p>.Karnataka Budget: CM announces Rs 10 crore Naxal rehabilitation package, 11 police divisions for Bengaluru.<p>Siddaramaiah also reiterated his government’s decision to provide 10 kg of rice (5 kg of rice in lieu of the Direct Bank Transfer of Rs 170) to 4.21 crore beneficiaries of its Anna Bhagya guarantee scheme.</p><p>Food and Civil Supplies Minister K H Muniyappa had said during a press meet on February 19 that the state government will procure the remaining rice from the Centre at a cost of Rs 22.5 per kg, which comes to roughly Rs 25 per kg when transport costs are added. </p>.<p><strong>Key Announcements</strong></p><ul><li><p>Integrating the electronic weighing machine and point of sale devices in fair price shops with the IT system of Public Distribution System (PDS)</p></li><li><p>SC/ST communities and co-operative societies will be given preference in allotment</p></li><li><p>Increasing the wholesale margin under the Anna Bhagya scheme from Rs 35 per kg to Rs 45 per kg</p></li><li><p>New fair price shops to be started wherever there is necessity</p></li></ul>