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Food security, LPG subsidy and Annapurna Rasoi in Rajasthan

Grain, cooking gas and cooked meals for poor families, run by the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Rajeevika and the urban bodies.

⏱ 4 min read✓ Facts checked 23 October 2026

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At a glance

  1. Shri Annapurna Rasoi gives a meal at Rs 8 a plate with a state subsidy of Rs 22; its earlier name was Indira Rasoi Yojana, launched on 20 August 2020 with the slogan 'Koi Bhukha Na Soye'.
  2. The Rs 450 cylinder (up to 12 a year) began on 1 January 2024 for Ujjwala and BPL families and was widened from 2024-25 to all NFSA families.
  3. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, wheat is free for five years from January 2024: 35 kg per ration card for Antyodaya families, 5 kg per person for others.

National Food Security Act and the PDS

DepartmentFood and Civil Supplies Department; transport and distribution through the Rajasthan State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation (RSFCSCL) and fair price shops
BeneficiariesCeiling 4.46 crore persons; 4.38 crore on 1 December 2025. Budget 2026-27: target 4.47 crore persons; Rs 586.02 crore, of which State share Rs 348.12 crore
Free wheatPradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana from January 2024 for five years: Antyodaya Anna Yojana families 35 kg per ration card, other eligible persons 5 kg a month; 18.76 lakh tonnes of wheat given in 2025-26, up to December
Inclusion list32 categories in the state's inclusion list of the National Food Security Scheme
  • GIVE UP Campaign (from 1 November 2024): capable persons were asked to give up NFSA benefits voluntarily; 37.75 lakh gave up in 2025-26, up to December.
  • One Nation One Ration Card: grain from any fair price shop in India; in 2025-26, up to December, Rajasthan had 1.57 lakh transactions as a sale state and 57,904 as a home state.
  • PoS machines with biometric authentication are at all fair price shops (an OTP if the fingerprint fails); 8.70 crore wheat transactions in 2025-26, up to December. District portability lets a beneficiary draw ration anywhere in the district.
  • Smart Fair Price Shop (Union pilot): 15 shops in the first phase and 30 in the second phase in rural Jaipur.

Rs 450 LPG cylinder

SchemeMukhyamantri Rasoi Gas Subsidy Scheme (the 2026-27 budget calls it Rasoi Gas Cylinder Subsidy Yojana), from 1 January 2024; in 2023-24, up to December 2023, the Indira Gandhi Gas Cylinder Subsidy Scheme was running
BenefitA domestic LPG cylinder at Rs 450, up to 12 cylinders a year
WhoPradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries and selected BPL families; from 2024-25 all NFSA families in the state
2025-26 (up to December)Subsidy of Rs 487.86 crore on 2.18 crore refills
Budget 2026-27Rs 900.00 crore from State fund; target 1.08 crore NFSA families

Shri Annapurna Rasoi Yojana

PartUrbanRural
Who runs itUrban local bodiesWomen self-help groups of Rajeevika (Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad)
Kitchens992 Rasois in 230 urban bodies; 1,071 kitchens approved in all, with one in each of the 79 newly formed urban bodies being started796 kitchens in identified rural towns, from 6 January 2024 (the Economic Review 2023-24 dates the first rural kitchens to 10 September 2023); up to 100 lunches and 100 dinners a day each
PriceRs 8 a plate from the beneficiary and Rs 22 from the stateRs 8 a thali from the beneficiary and Rs 22 from the state; a 600 g thali (300 g chapati, 100 g pulses, 100 g vegetables, 100 g rice or millet khichdi, pickle)
ServedAbout 9.16 crore plates a year; annual spending Rs 250 croreMore than 1.84 crore meals in 2025-26, up to December
Target, 2026-27 budget9.75 crore thalis5.85 crore thalis; Rs 100.00 crore from State fund

Remember: often mixed up

  • Indira Rasoi or Annapurna Rasoione scheme · Indira Rasoi (2020) is the earlier name · Shri Annapurna Rasoi the present one.
  • Rs 8 and Rs 22the beneficiary pays Rs 8, the state pays Rs 22 per plate, in both the urban and the rural kitchens.
  • 35 kg or 5 kg35 kg wheat per ration card for Antyodaya families · 5 kg per person a month for other NFSA beneficiaries.

Test yourself: asked in exams

RAS Prelims 2023 · Q37

Which of the following scheme is associated with slogan – "Koi Bhukha Na Soye" ?

  1. (1)Balgopal Scheme
  2. (2)Indira Gandhi Rojgar Guarantee Scheme
  3. (3)Annpurna Food Packet Scheme
  4. (4)Indira Rasoi Yojana
Show answer

✓ (4) Indira Rasoi Yojana

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