Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Wednesday announced that free ration for family cardholders will continue for the month of June and that tokens for obtaining essential commodities will be distributed at the doorsteps of the beneficiaries.
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“TN is the only State to give free ration for three months,” Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said in a statement urging the public to keep social distancing. Palaniswami said cardholders are entitled to get a kg of tur dal and sugar besides a litre of edible oil through fair price shops and that these will be distributed from June 1 onwards. Accordingly, tokens will be distributed at doorsteps of the cardholders between May 29 and 31. The State announced to double the rice entitlement of all rice-drawing cardholders for the next three months, to mitigate the hardships due to lockdown.