<span style="color: #222222;">Under the Central Government's Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKY), the beneficiaries of Antyodaya Anna Yojana are being given free rice to every member in the family as registered on their ration cards.<br />''<br />''Under this scheme, the Centre has provided 11,894 metric tonne rice to Nashik district following which over 1500 shop keepers have already collected the rice from the Food Corporation godowns for distribution under the Public Distribution system.<br />''<br />''Of the total 7.65 card holders in the Nashik district, till date 2.39 lakh card holders have availed of this scheme under which every member in the family has been given 5 kilos of rice free every month.</span><br />