Tamil Nadu disburses ₹3,000 Pongal cash dole to rice ration card holders

The Hindu
The Hindu
19m ago
Tamil Nadu disbursed ₹5,587.02 crore in ₹3,000 Pongal cash dole payments to 1,86,23,426 rice ration card holders through 24,924 ration shops till January 11, according to Minister K.R. Periakaruppan.
Tamil Nadu disburses ₹3,000 Pongal cash dole to rice ration card holders
A What happened
1,86,23,426 rice ration card holders received ₹3,000 each for Pongal through 24,924 ration shops across Tamil Nadu till Sunday. The total cash disbursed to rice ration card holders was ₹5,587.02 crore, according to Minister K.R. Periakaruppan. Till Sunday, 1,39,06,292 dhotis and sarees were disbursed. Ration shops also disbursed ₹3,000 to families in Sri Lankan rehabilitation camps, and over 50,000 Cooperation Department workers were involved in distribution.

Takeaways

Tamil Nadu’s ration shops disbursed ₹3,000 Pongal cash payments totaling ₹5,587.02 crore to rice ration card holders till January 11.

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