The State Government on Wednesday admitted that it has reduced the quantity of kerosene and sugar being given on each ration card in rural and urban areas in the State.
Replying to a question raised by TRS MLA T Harish Rao and others during Question Hour in the State Legislative Assembly, Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu said that the government has revised the scale of distribution of kerosene oil in order to make available PDS kerosene oil to all BJP cardholders having LPG and non-LPG connections in the entire State. This was done in view the requirement of existing ration cards and inadequate PDS Kerosene oil and the allocation being made by the Government of India.
Similarly, keeping in view the requirement of sugar for the existing ration cards and inadequate allotment by the Centre, it was ordered to adopt a uniform scale of half kilogram sugar in both urban and urban areas of the State, the minister said. This was done to ensure that sugar is distributed to each BPL cardholder every month under PDS, he added.
The minister said that four litres of kerosene was being given to non-LPG cardholders in municipal corporations and two litres in municipalities/mandal headquarters and rural areas. For those having Deepam and BPL cardholders, just one litre of kerosene is being supplied. (INN)