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Tamil Nadu not eligible to receive food grain at subsidized rates
Posted on: 29/Sep/2016 2:35:07 PM
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday decided to make Kerala and Tamil Nadu pay for not implementing the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The two states will not be eligible to receive food grain at subsidized rates for distribution to Above Poverty Line (APL) families through the Public Distribution System.
The two states will have to shell out Rs 15.25 per kg of wheat as against Rs 6.10 they would have paid at the APL rates. Similarly, for rice, the two states will have to pay Rs 22.54 per kg instead of the APL rate of Rs 8.30 per kg. However, the food grain supplies to these two states for distribution to BPL families and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) would continue at old rates
Tamil Nadu gets 1.4 lakh tonne foodgrain every month from the Centre. As per the official data, Tamil Nadu has a total of 195.85 Lakh ration card holders, out of which BPL and APL are 170.20 lakh. The remaining are under AAY category.
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