
T.N. government to distribute rice to mosques for Ramzan gruel
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu government allocates 7,040 tonnes of rice for mosques during Ramzan, incurring ₹26.81 crore expenditure.
The Tamil Nadu government, on Monday, March 4, announced that 7,040 tonnes of rice would be distributed to mosques in Tamil Nadu for making nombu kanji (gruel) during the month of Ramzan. A State government press release said the move would incur an additional expenditure of ₹26.81 crore. District collectors have been asked to distribute the rice to mosques.

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