Ramakrishna Mission
The following items were distributed to 63,869 families and 97,319 people through 71 branch centres in 17 states, covering 1121 villages:
2676 meals, 19,158 food packets, 6318 kg rice, 876 kg puffed rice, 35 kg chira, 40 kg sattu (roasted gram flour), 3109 kg flour, 1965 kg pulses, 750 kg bajra (pearl millet), 140 kg dalia (wheat groats), 335 kg soya chunks, 150 kg besan (gram flour), 830 kg semolina, 163 kg groundnuts, 150 kg snacks, 278 packets snacks, 1622 packets of sweets, 5659 pieces of sweets, 32 packets of ready-mix sweetmeat, 4929 packets of biscuits, 482 cakes, 50 food packets. Each packet contained fruits, biscuits, drinking water, milk, buttermilk, and ORS, 250 kg pulses, 200 kg soya chunks, 200 kg groundnuts, and 200 litres cooking oil, 1436 kg potatoes, 25 kg assorted fruits, 280 pc assorted fruits, 116 kg milk powder, 1062 litres cooking oil, 952 kg sugar, 1072 kg salt, 150 kg molasses, 193 kg assorted spices, 3 kg tamarind, 2515 litres fruit juice, 1485 packets of energy drink, 187 kg tea leaves, 1 kg health drink powder, 1627 bars of bathing soap, 360 bars of laundry soap, 41 kg detergent powder, 1268 bottles of hair oil, 1003 bottles of body oil, 3036 tubes of toothpaste, 1177 toothbrushes, 150 tongue cleaners, 10 nail clippers, 60 cosmetic kits, 16 room fresheners, 43,428 saris, 4794 dhotis, 9949 lungis, 555 shirts, 2018 T-shirts, 842 trousers, 1694 track pants, 648 ladies’ garments, 79 gents’ garments, 500 assorted garments, 2903 children’s garments, 1173 uttariyas, 226 towels, 224 sets of school uniforms, 780 pairs of socks, 1777 slippers, 780 pairs of shoes, 290 steel containers, 850 water bottles, 575 mosquito nets, 40 baby mosquito nets, 82 bedsheets, 60 mats, 60 mattresses, 46,650 notebooks, 5040 erasers, 404 geometry boxes, 14,519 pens, 5080 pencils, 112 pencil boxes, 80 slates, 200 drawing sets, 80 sets of crayons, 3554 scales, 5070 pencil sharpeners, 317 sets of reference books, 1838 school bags, 1650 stationery pouches, a few sports materials, 1594 umbrellas, etc.
Other Welfare Services
Ration / grocery items (rice, wheat, pulses, salt, cooking oil, condiments, sugar, tea leaves, etc.) were distributed to 60,672 people; snacks / tiffin / milk to 59,551 people; meals (Annadanam) to 9,45,555 people; water / buttermilk to 1,91,224 people; household items (utensils, mats, furniture, etc.) to 1342 people; hygiene kits (toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, soap bars, antiseptics, nail-cutters, etc.) to 19,391 people; education kits (textbooks, notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers, geometry boxes, rulers, uniforms, etc.) to 24,676 people; clothes to 30,080 people; winter clothes to 8565 people; pecuniary help to 13,783 people; medical help to 51,617 people; educational help to 13,588 people; sewing machines were distributed to 134 people; and other types of help were extended to 5540 people.
Ramakrishna Mission spent Rs. 36.28 crore towards General Distress and Welfare services.
Ramakrishna Math
The Math provided welfare services in rural and tribal areas, including the distribution of rice, wheat, ration bags, snacks/tiffin, meals, buttermilk, milk, hygiene kits, education kits, clothes and winter clothes, and also extended monetary assistance to the needy.