Tamil Nadu govt floats short-term tender for palm oil, toor dal purchase and sale

CHENNAI: To meet the regular demand in the Fair Price Shops, the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has decided to procure 40 metric tonnes of Toor dal and around 4 crore Palm oil for the distribution under Public Distribution System.

According to the TN Civil Supplies Corporation, a short-term tender has been floated for the quick procurement of Toor dal and Palm oil.

"We have called for a short-term tender to procure 40 MT of Toor dal and 4 crore Palm oil. This will be procured and distributed through the Fair Price Shops across the state. Ration card holders can avail their commodities through the ration shops and they can also avail the pending commodities, if any, in August and September, " a senior official with the Corporation told DT Next.

"Out of the total 1.89 crore kg of Toor dal required for the month of May, as of now, 1.37 crore kg have been distributed and for the month of June, 40 lakh kg of Toor dal have been distributed, " the official said, adding that as far as Palm oil is concerned, more than 78.44 lakh packets of Palm oil required for June have been distributed to the consumers.

Further, the senior official clarified that this step has been taken to distribute essential commodities under PDS without any hindrance and the department has no plans to increase the selling price of essential commodities in the Fair Price Shops.

Meanwhile, the Food and Consumer Protection department on Thursday announced that all Fair Price Shops across the state will be closed on July 20.