PDS policy flayed, ZP opposes cut in rice quota

The government’s policy to reduce rice and supplant it with ragi under PDS came under flak at the KDP review meeting held here on Saturday. A decision was also taken to write to the government to supp

The government’s policy to reduce rice and supplant it with ragi under PDS came under flak at the KDP review meeting held here on Saturday. A decision was also taken to write to the government to supplement rice with ragi without reducing the quantity of the former. The Mysuru Zilla Panchayat president Parimala Shyam raised the issue and was apprised of the policy change that has come into effect from this month. Earlier, each member of a family listed in the card used to get 5 kg of rice. This was apart from 2 kg of wheat for each ration card. But from this month, the quantity of rice was being reduced to 2 kg per head, and 3 kg of ragi procured locally from farmers was being distributed to supplant it. There is no change with regard to release of 2 kg of wheat per card.