%A Ajit Ranade %T Ensuring basic rights is not freebie culture %! Ensuring basic rights is not freebie culture %X India has been managing the world’s largest and longest running free food program since April 2020. This is called the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). It ensures that more than 80 crore Indians get a ration of five kilos of either rice or wheat per person per month, completely free. %U https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/economy/ensuring-basic-rights-not-freebie-culture-479