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Tamil Nadu Government to launch app for PDS consumers
The project would be executed at a cost of Rs 20 lakh, minister R Sakkarapani said on Tuesday. “The platform aims to empower consumers to lodge...
Bittersweet Pongal for jaggery makers
8 Jan 2024 1:15 AMState government’s failure to fulfill the long-time demand of including jaggery in Pongal kits through PDS, and the dwindling number of production...
3,415 q smuggled PDS rice seized; 894 people held
15 Dec 2023 10:00 PMThe Civil Supplies have also seized 515 gas cylinders, 100 kg of wheat, 208 kg of groundnut, 1,345 litres of kerosene, 136 packets of palm oil, 100 kg...
Uneven token distribution for flood relief irks residents
15 Dec 2023 10:00 PMResidents claimed that on Friday morning, the PDS staff went to a random street, sat in a corner and asked residents to collect the tokens. The...
Coconut oil in PDS: 25 Thanjai villages pass resolutions
16 Aug 2023 1:15 AMCoconut has been cultivated in an area of 1.30 lakh acres at Pattukkottai, Peravurani and Orathanadu areas in Thanjavur district
Govt will allot 50,000 acres for millet cultivation: Sakkarapani
6 Aug 2023 11:38 PMAdding that this move will ensure crop diversification in agricultural land, he said that millets provide good nutritional benefits, and have calcium,...
PDS staff face public wrath over Urimai Thogai forms
4 Aug 2023 1:30 AM“The sales personnel have no alternative as they alone can identify the consumers attached to their shops. So, they are working with reluctance,” an...
OPS demands TN govt to control steep price hike of vegetables
5 July 2023 5:14 PMWhen a kg of tomato sold for Rs 100, the government is selling it for a subsidy rate of Rs 60.