Overview
- More than 2.22 crore rice ration card holders, including eligible Sri Lankan Tamil camp families, are covered by the rollout.
- Each festive package provides one kilogram of rice, one kilogram of sugar, a full sugarcane, and Rs 3,000 in cash.
- Tokens have been issued and stocks dispatched to ration shops, with crowd management, police deployment, and early opening hours in hill regions.
- A government order set aside Rs 248 crore for procuring the in-kind items, and dhotis and sarees have been dispatched to districts.
- AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswami is seeking Rs 5,000, while the Tamil Nadu BJP wants Rs 8,000 and alleges unpaid benefits from recent years.