Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Gehlot Urges Rajasthan Government to Revive Annapurna Ration Scheme
Ashok Gehlot asked Rajasthan’s government to restart a food-support program.
The program is called the Annapurna Ration Kit Scheme.
It previously gave families items such as pulses, salt, sugar, oil, and spices.
Gehlot said food prices were becoming too high for many people.
He blamed the BJP-led government’s policies for the problem.
He said poor and middle-class families needed help.
He also worried that weak rains could make prices rise more.
The government’s response was not included in the report.
Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot urged the BJP-led state government to revive the Annapurna Ration Kit Scheme.
Gehlot said rising prices were making essential kitchen items unaffordable for ordinary households.
He alleged that the BJP government’s policies had worsened inflation and harmed common people.
The scheme previously provided pulses, salt, sugar, edible oil, and spices to beneficiaries.
Gehlot warned prices could rise further if the monsoon remained weak in parts of the country.
- Who
- Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot urged the BJP-led Rajasthan government to act.
- What
- Gehlot called for the revival of the Annapurna Ration Kit Scheme to help families facing rising prices.
- When
- Wednesday, August 26; the report does not specify a year.
- Where
- Rajasthan, India.
- Why
- Gehlot said essential kitchen items were becoming unaffordable and warned prices could rise further if the monsoon remained weak.
- Requested action
- Revive the Annapurna Ration Kit Scheme
- Speaker
- Ashok Gehlot, former Rajasthan chief minister
- Government addressed
- The BJP-led Rajasthan government
- Previous implementing government
- The former Congress government in Rajasthan
- Items previously provided
- Pulses, salt, sugar, edible oil, chilli powder, coriander powder, and turmeric powder
- Concern
- Rising prices of essential kitchen commodities
- Additional risk cited
- Further price increases if the monsoon remained weak in parts of the country