Rice for February, March to be distributed together under Anna Bhagya Scheme
Kolar: Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. Muniyappa said that the Karnataka government will distribute rice for both February and March together under the Anna Bhagya scheme. He added that instructions have already been sent to distributors regarding this plan.
Muniyappa explained that the Union government has agreed to supply rice to the state at a price of Rs 22.5 per kg. In addition, the state will incur a transportation cost of Rs 2.50 per kg, making the total cost of each kilogram of rice Rs 25, as reported by The New Indian Express on Monday.
Under the Anna Bhagya scheme, the state requires 2.10 lakh tonnes of rice each month, benefiting approximately 4 crore people.
The minister highlighted that the government's five guarantee schemes and various development projects across Karnataka have proven beneficial for the people. “Opposition parties had made a hue and cry, stating that there were no funds for development works in the state as the entire funds were going for the five guarantees,” Muniyappa was quoted as saying by TNIE.
He remarked that the opposition has fallen silent upon seeing the development works of the Congress government and is no longer making any statements.
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BJP holds protest demanding liquor ban in J-K, police detain leaders briefly
Srinagar (PTI): Police on Friday stopped a protest march of the BJP demanding a complete ban on liquor in Jammu and Kashmir, and detained some party leaders temporarily, officials said.
Scores of BJP leaders and workers assembled near the Ram Munshi Bagh Park here and tried to take out a protest march towards the residence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at Gupkar, they said.
They shouted slogans demanding a complete ban on liquor in the Union territory.
However, police stopped the protestors and took some of them into custody outside the CM's residence, the officials said. The police later dispersed the BJP workers peacefully, they added.
