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Kerala
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Haryana
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Goa
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Bihar
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Detailed explanation-1: -ANTYODAYA ANNA YOJANA (AAY) AAY. AAY was a step in the direction of making TPDS aim at reducing hunger among the poorest segments of the BPL population. A National Sample Survey Exercise pointed towards the fact that about 5% of the total population in the country sleeps without two square meals a day.
Detailed explanation-2: -This scheme was developed by the then Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister, N Sri Vishnu. It was launched by the NDA government on 25 December 2000 and first implemented in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ‘poorest of the poor’ and indigent senior citizens’ were the special target groups of AAY and APS. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-4: -It is a scheme of the Ministry of Agriculture. 2. It aims to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families.