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Extra subsidized rice to poor in 12 districts in Northeast [1]

Agartala: The Central government has provided additional quota of rice at a subsidized rate for the poor living in 12 backward districts in the Northeast, a State government official said here on Monday.

“The union ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution on the direction of the Supreme Court has allocated additional quota of food grain to identified 174 districts in 27 States, which include 12 districts in Northeast region,” said Tripura Principal Secretary (food department) BK Roy.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2012
Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]
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Rice [3], Subsidies [4], Supreme Court [5], North Eastern Ranges [6], Arunachal [7], Nagaland [8], Manipur [9], Meghalaya [10], Mizoram [11], Sikkim [12], Public Distribution System (PDS) [13], Planning Commission [14], Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies [15], Food Policy [16], Tripura [17]
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