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What is the benefit of the Maa Annapurna Yojna?

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The poor families are given 35 kg of grains free of cost.
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The needy middle class poor families of urban and rural areas are provided grain at subsidized rates.
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The beneficiaries can buy wheat, rice, and coarse grain at high rates and fixed quantities.
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Sugar, iodized salt, kerosene, and edible oil are provided at subsidised rates by the government to the poor families.
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The correct option is B The needy middle class poor families of urban and rural areas are provided grain at subsidized rates.
Under Maa Annapurna Yojna, the needy middle class poor families of urban and rural areas are provided grain at subsidised rates. Under the Public Distribution System, the beneficiaries can buy wheat, rice, and coarse grain at low rates and fixed quantities.

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