Overview
- Each free kit will include 2 kg chana dal, 2 kg sugar, 1 kg iodised salt, 200 g turmeric and 1 litre mustard oil, in addition to wheat already supplied under NFSA.
- Officials now target a mid-May rollout for the first tranche, with kits to be issued quarterly thereafter through the state’s ration depot network.
- Markfed has floated tenders and plans to source about 8,000 tonnes each of sugar and chana dal, 4,000 tonnes each of mustard oil and salt, and 800 tonnes of turmeric for initial distribution.
- Procured kits will be stored in 118 state godowns and routed via 12,500 ration depots, with periodic quality checks pledged by the government.
- The outlay is reported at roughly ₹950–1,000 crore, and the Shiromani Akali Dal has criticised the move as a pre-poll gimmick.