29th August, 2003
Ministry of Rural Development  


FOODGRAINS RELEASED TO UTTAR PRADESH UNDER SGRY


Ministry of Rural Development has released 37236 tonnes of common wheat and 30741 tonnes of common rice as first installment of foodgrains to the 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh under Sampoorna Gramin Rojgar Yojana (SGRY). These districts are : Bareilly, Basti, Hathras, Muzaffar Nagar, Pratapgarh, Sultanpur, Bagpat, Bulandsahar, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur (Dehat), Mahoba, Maharajganj, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra.

The State Government is entitled to lift the foodgrains from June 2003 to 31st March 2004. The transportation cost for lifting the foodgrains will be borne by the State Government.