PM-GKAY: eligibility, documents, how to apply

1. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families receive 35 kilograms of foodgrains per family per month.

1. Priority Household (PHH) beneficiaries receive 5 kilograms of foodgrains per person per month.

1. The foodgrains are provided as rice or wheat, depending on the state, with fortified rice distributed nationwide.

1. Since January 2023, the foodgrains have been provided completely free of cost (at zero cost) to the beneficiaries.

1. Through One Nation One Ration Card, beneficiaries can collect their ration from any fair price shop anywhere in India.

1. The applicant should be a household belonging to the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) category or the Priority Households (PHH) category.

1. Priority Households (PHH) are to be identified by the state governments/union territory administrations as per the criteria evolved by them.

1. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families are to be identified by the States / Union Territories as per the criteria prescribed by the Central Government, as listed below.

> Criteria for Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) Families:

1. The applicant should be a household headed by a widow, a terminally ill person, a disabled person, or a person aged 60 years or more, with no assured means of subsistence or societal support.

1. The applicant should be a widow, a terminally ill person, a disabled person, a person aged 60 years or more, a single woman, or a single man, with no family or societal support, and with no assured means of subsistence.

1. The applicant should belong to a primitive tribal household.

1. The applicant should be a landless agricultural laborer, a marginal farmer, or a rural artisan or craftsman (such as a potter, tanner, weaver, blacksmith, or carpenter); a slum dweller; or a person earning a livelihood on a daily basis in the informal sector (such as a porter, coolie, rickshaw puller, handcart puller, fruit and flower seller, snake charmer, rag picker, cobbler, or destitute person); or a person in other similar categories in both rural and urban areas.

1. The applicant should belong to an eligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) family of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive person.

Interested persons shall visit the nearest Fair Price Shop with the Ration Card:

- Beneficiaries can quote either their ration card number or the Aadhaar number to any Fair Price Shop dealer across the country.

- Beneficiaries can undergo Aadhaar authentication by using their fingerprints or iris-based identification.