Sugar cardholders can change to rice: Govt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:20.11.2019
The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced a special week-long drive for 10.19 lakh family card holders who had opted for sugar in the public distribution system (PDS) to change their cards to avail of all commodities, including rice. The move would entitle a family to get 5kg of rice per person (including a child) per month free of cost.
The average monthly off-take of rice in PDS is 3.13 lakh metric tonne. “Majority of those with sugar cards have demanded that the cards be changed to get rice and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has issued an order to that effect,” food minister C Kamaraj said.
All that the sugar cardholders will have to do is to submit applications with the Xerox copies from November 19 to 26. This can be done through www.tnpds.gov.in or block supply officials and assistant commissioners of the civil supplies department in the region.
The minister said the government would take speedy action to consider the applications and change the cards for rice.
All cardholders now get 500gmsper head a month subject to a maximum of 2kg a month. In the case of sugar cardholders, they are entitled to get 500gm per head a month plus an additional 3kg of sugar subject to a maximum of 5kg a month. The PDS outlets collect ₹13.5 a kg for Antyodaya Anna Yojana cards and ₹25 for all other cards.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:20.11.2019
The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced a special week-long drive for 10.19 lakh family card holders who had opted for sugar in the public distribution system (PDS) to change their cards to avail of all commodities, including rice. The move would entitle a family to get 5kg of rice per person (including a child) per month free of cost.
The average monthly off-take of rice in PDS is 3.13 lakh metric tonne. “Majority of those with sugar cards have demanded that the cards be changed to get rice and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has issued an order to that effect,” food minister C Kamaraj said.
All that the sugar cardholders will have to do is to submit applications with the Xerox copies from November 19 to 26. This can be done through www.tnpds.gov.in or block supply officials and assistant commissioners of the civil supplies department in the region.
The minister said the government would take speedy action to consider the applications and change the cards for rice.
All cardholders now get 500gmsper head a month subject to a maximum of 2kg a month. In the case of sugar cardholders, they are entitled to get 500gm per head a month plus an additional 3kg of sugar subject to a maximum of 5kg a month. The PDS outlets collect ₹13.5 a kg for Antyodaya Anna Yojana cards and ₹25 for all other cards.
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