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Assam launched a food subsidy on Nov. 10, 2025, giving 70 lakh families reduced-price lentils, sugar, and salt via e-PoS machines.
Assam launched a new food subsidy program on November 10, 2025, offering one kilogram each of lentils, sugar, and salt at reduced prices to National Food Security Act ration card holders.
From November and December 2025, families pay Rs 117 monthly; starting January 2026, the cost drops to Rs 100.
The items are available during the first ten days of each month at 33,000 fair price shops using e-PoS machines, with biometric authentication required for each purchase.
The scheme benefits about 70 lakh families, or 2.45 crore people, and is part of broader welfare efforts including expanded cash assistance, free healthcare, and educational support.
The government will pay dealers a Rs 2 per kg distribution incentive and urged them not to charge extra.
Assam lanzó un subsidio alimenticio el 10 de noviembre de 2025, dando a 70 millones de familias lentejas, azúcar y sal a precios reducidos a través de máquinas e-PoS.