{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-05T09:25:49.898Z","data":{"id":"bjp-ls-2024-001","text":"Continue free ration (PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana) for the next five years","quote":"We will continue to provide free ration for the next five years under PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":11,"sector":"social-welfare","measurability":"measurable","importance":"headline","deadline":"2028-12-31","deadlineType":"implied","status":"in_progress","rating":8,"ratingRule":"in_progress","provisional":true,"confidence":"medium","reason":"The scheme was extended in Nov 2023 for five years from 1 Jan 2024 (to Dec 2028), covering about 81 crore people, per official and news reports. Still running as of the last sources seen; the five-year promise is not yet complete.","evidence":[{"date":"2023-11-29","sourceType":"pib","publisher":"Press Information Bureau","title":"Cabinet approves free foodgrains to 81.35 crore beneficiaries for five years from 1 Jan 2024","url":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1980689","quote":"Cabinet approved free food grains to 81.35 crore beneficiaries for five years from January 1, 2024 (search-result summary; page not opened).","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["pmgkay","free-ration"],"sensitive":false,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-04","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"bjp-ls-2024","partyId":"bjp","electionId":"ls-2024"}}