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Ministry of Rural Development has released 2,20,000 MTs of foodgrains(Rice) to the State Government of Andhra Pradesh under the Special Component of the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana(SGRY) to be utilized for completion of relief works already started in the drought affected Districts of the State. This release is recommended by the Drought Management Division of the Ministry of Agriculture.
FCI has been accordingly advised to release foodgrains under the Special Component of the SGRY to the Government of Andhra Pradesh as follows:
Sl.No. Name of Districts Rice (in MTs) 1 Srikakulam 3434 2 Vijianagaram 3183 3 Vishakhapatnam 3570 4 East Godavari 1459 5 West Godavari 2880 6 Krishna 6634 7 Guntur 4530 8 Prakasam 21820 9 Nellore 15309 10 Chittoor 22361 11 Cuddapah 8907 12 Anantapur 10836 13 Kurnool 17107 14 Mahabubnagar 9909 15 Ranga Reddy 190 16 Medak 26536 17 Nizamabad 17921 18 Adilabad nil 19 Karimnagar 26769 20 Warangal 5368 21 Khammam 277 22 Nalgonda 11000 Total 2,20,000
The above allocation is to be implemented keeping in view the Guidelines of Special Component of the SGRY including the State dovetailing the provision of various States/Centrally Sponsored Scheme with employment generation components/their own resources to meet the cash component of wage and the material cost for the works etc. as prescribed under the Scheme.
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