Which of the following schemes is being launched by the government to provide food security to people?

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Public Distribution System

Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Atal Pension Yojna

Both (1) and (2)

answer is D.

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The Public Distribution System and Antyodaya Anna Yojana schemes are being launched by the government to provide food security to people.
The schemes launched by the government are:
1) Public Distribution System: This is the scheme under which the government provides essential food commodities to poor people at reasonable and lower rates through fair shops across the country. This is provided to them every month.
2) Antyodaya Anna Yojana: In this scheme, 1 crore of the poorest poor were supplied with food grains equivalent to about 35 kg per household under the targeted food distribution system. This food grain was provided at highly subsidized rates.

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