India, Feb. 25 -- The Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (Markfed) will procure and the state food and civil supplies department will distribute quarterly food kits for 40 lakh families across Punjab under the state government's 'Meri Rasoi Yojana', with distribution set to begin from mid-May.

The scheme was announced by chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday as a major welfare initiative aimed at covering around 1.52 crore beneficiaries, which accounts for over half of the state's estimated three crore population.

Under the scheme, blue card holders with an annual income of up to Rs.60,000 will receive a quarterly dry ration kit free of cost. Each kit will contain two kilograms of channa dal and sugar, one kil...