Maniyanpilla Raju joins Donate My Kit campaign

TNN | Apr 7, 2020, 04:40 IST

Thiruvananthapuram: The ‘Donate My Kit’ campaign of the civil supplies department, enabling ration card-holders to donate their food provision kit for other deserving persons, has been initiated in the district. The latest person to join the campaign is actor Maniyanpilla Raju, who donated his ration kit to poor people.
Minister for food and civil supplies, P Thilothaman, visited the actor's house on Monday after Raju appreciated the quality of ration provided by the government. Raju donated his ration kit online in the presence of the minister. The ration card of the family is registered in the name of his wife Indira Raju.
A special kit of 16 items is provided through ration shops, which can be donated online.
“The words of Maniyanpilla Raju, appreciating the quality of ration items, are an encouragement to the government, which is trying to provide good quality food supplies to the people. Over 72 lakh people have bought ration. Government is distributing ration kits of 16 items free of cost to the people. And to help the needy people, Raju had decided to donate the kit," said Thilothaman.
Raju who went to buy ration recently came to know that good quality rice is supplied through ration shops.
“I want to tell people that it is not alms. Ration comes under the rights of citizens. And it is a relief to people who are struggling to make ends meet during the lockdown. Kit donation is a good scheme and I decided to donate my kit for other deserving people in need. I bought the ration recently and found that good quality rice is being provided. Many actors told me about the good quality of ration provided to them,” said Raju.
People willing to donate their ration kit may log on to the civil supplies website. After clicking on the link ‘Donate my kit’, one need to enter the ration card number. An OTP will be send to the registered mobile phone number of the ration card-holder. People can donate their kit by entering the OTP.