The Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech, on 15 August 2001 announced the introduction of a Universal Food for Work Programme to be called Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana in all the States/UTs for organising various employment generation programmes. Under the Scheme, 50 lakh tonnes of foodgrains amounting to Rs 5,000 crore (at economic cost) are provided every year, free of cost, to the States/UTs. An additional Rs 5,000 crore is utilised to meet the cash component of wages and material cost. About 100 crore man-days of employment are envisaged to be generated every year through the SGRY. Under the scheme, five kg of foodgrains is ensured per man-day to all unemployed rural workers. The remaining parts of the wages are paid in cash.