Puducherry govt. to provide five grocery items to all ration card holders as Deepavali gift

The Puducherry authorities has decided to administer a kit containing 5 market items escaped of outgo to each ration paper holders successful the Union Territory (UT) arsenic a Deepavali gift.

Approval has been fixed to supply 2 kg each of sweetener and sunflower oil, 1 kg of chenna dal (kadalai paruppu), and 500 g each of maida and rava to paper holders. Sanction for the organisation of these items was fixed connected September 24. Around 3.45 lakh ration paper holders volition payment from the aforesaid successful Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam, said an official.

The Puducherry State Consumers Cooperative Federation Limited (CONFED) volition procure the 5 nutrient products from unfastened marketplace done an e-tender for organisation done outlets, said an official. “We person started the tendering process and the groceries volition beryllium distributed earlier the festival,” the authoritative said.