Antodaya Anna Yojana was launched in the year 2000, aiming to reduce hunger among the poorest segments of the BPL population.
Need for the Scheme
A National Sample Survey Exercise pointed towards the fact that about 5% of the total population in the country sleeps without two square meals a day. It was launched to provide food to one crore poorest of the poor families.
Objective
It involved identification of one crore poorest of the poor families from amongst the number of BPL families covered under Targeted PDS to provide them with highly subsidized food grains at a rate ....
