The government is likely to provide subsidised wheat and rice to 1.5 crore additional BPL families from Gandhi Jayanti. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the Planning Commission will give the revised number of people living below poverty line (BPL) in a month's time. The minister informed the House, the issue was discussed in the National Advisory Council meeting after a Group of Ministers deliberated on Food Security draft. At present, the government is supplying every month about 35 kg of rice and wheat at subsidised rates to each poor family under BPL and AAY category.Rice is sold at Rs. 5.65 a kg and wheat at Rs. 4.15 a kg to BPL families, and at Rs. 3 and Rs. 2 respectively, for AAY families.