The Telangana government has taken another decision to support the poor in the Corona crisis. The state government has decided to distribute free ration rice to the poor for the next two months (June, July). The government has also decided to distribute 15 kg of rice per person.
The central government is distributing 10 kg of rice free of cost for two months through the Prime Minister’s Garib Kalyan Welfare Scheme, of which the state government will distribute a combined 5 kg. An additional 35 kg will be provided to Antyodaya Integrated Cardholders in addition to 35 kg, as well as another 10 kg per annum provided to Annapurna Cardholders.
Orders were also issued on Sunday regarding the distribution of free rice. With this, the officials of the Civil Supplies Department are making arrangements for the distribution of rice. 4 lakh 31 thousand metric tonnes of free rice will be supplied to a total of 87,42,590 cards in the state. A total of 2,79,24,300 people will benefit from this.
