{"id":30176,"date":"2020-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gurudev.artofliving.org\/work\/uncategorized\/welcoming-the-free-ration-scheme\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T01:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T19:34:36","slug":"welcoming-the-free-ration-scheme","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/gurudev.artofliving.org\/de\/work\/leadership-ethics\/welcoming-the-free-ration-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming the free ration scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"
June 30, 2020
\nArt of Living International Center, Bengaluru, India<\/em><\/h6>\n

The free ration scheme for 800 million (80 crore) people in India was extended till November in a recent announcement by the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. The government had started this scheme in April 2020 as a solution to the challenge of hunger posed by the Covid-19 pandemic for the daily-wage earners.<\/p>\n

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar welcomed the extension which will he believes will „build confidence and eliminate fear of starvation“. Since the lockdown in March 2020 and the subsequent measures taken to control the spread of the Coronavirus, the daily-wage earners had to face an additional challenge of starvation.<\/p>\n

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I welcome the decision of PM @narendramodi<\/a> to extend the free ration scheme for 80 crore people. This welfare measure not only evokes confidence but also eliminates the fear of starvation, which had gripped the country. I congratulate PM for taking such a historical measure.<\/p>\n

— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@Gurudev) June 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n