(1) Antyodaya Anna Yojana waslaunched by the NDA governmentunder Atal Behari Vajpayeeon 25 December, 2000.It aimed to provide highly subsidisedfood to millions of thepoorest families. Under it, 25of food grains were made availableto each eligible family ata highly subsidized rate of Rs.2 per kg for wheat and Rs.3 perkg for rice.