PM Modi's PMGKAY Prevents Rise In Extreme Poverty Levels In India, Says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) study revealed that PM Narendra Modi's 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana' scheme helped to prevent rise in extreme poverty levels". As per the IMF, "PMGKAY was critical in doubling of food entitlements worked substantially in terms of absorbing the Covid-induced income shocks on the poor." Furthermore, the Centre's scheme, providing free food grains to the poor has been extended till September 2022.