{"id":268204,"date":"2023-11-07T19:43:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=268204"},"modified":"2023-11-09T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T08:22:05","slug":"bharat-atta-to-cost-%e2%82%b92-less-as-govt-aims-to-put-lid-on-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bharat-atta-to-cost-%e2%82%b92-less-as-govt-aims-to-put-lid-on-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharat Atta to cost \u20b92 less as govt aims to put lid on prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Bharat Atta to cost \u20b92 less as govt aims to put lid on prices<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cLive Mint\u201d on 7th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of India has launched a new wheat flour scheme called \u201cBharat Atta.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Bharat Atta?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bharat Atta is a fortified wheat flour that is made with a blend of wheat, rice, and pulses. It is a good source of protein, iron, and other essential nutrients.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Bharat Atta scheme?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide affordable wheat flour to the poor and vulnerable sections of the society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Under this scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Bharat Atta will be available at a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subsidized rate.The atta will be made available through outlets such as Kendriya Bhandar, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation(NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers\u2019 Federation (NCCF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 These agencies will utilize their extensive network of 800 mobile vans and 2,000-odd outlets spread across the country to effectively distribute the subsidized wheat flour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This scheme will help in moderating the prices of essential food items which will in turn ease the financial burden on consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus<\/strong>: Schemes and Programs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cBharat Atta to cost \u20b92 less as govt aims to put lid on prices\u201d published in \u201cLive Mint\u201d on 7th November 2023 Why in the News? The Government of India has launched a new wheat flour scheme called \u201cBharat Atta.\u201d What is Bharat Atta? Bharat Atta is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bharat-atta-to-cost-%e2%82%b92-less-as-govt-aims-to-put-lid-on-prices\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bharat Atta to cost \u20b92 less as govt aims to put lid on prices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,956,1],"tags":[11872,10501],"class_list":["post-268204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-schemes-and-programs","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":8,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699390715},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}