CM Revanth Reddy to launch state wide distribution of new ration cards on July 14: Uttam

Hyderabad, July 2 (NSS): Irrigation, Food & Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy announced on
Wednesday that the state government would begin distributing new ration cards from July 14 at Tirumalagiri in Tungaturthi constituency. The programme will be formally inaugurated by Chief Minister
A Revanth Reddy, with Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka also participating. Addressing a review meeting at the Nalgonda District Collectorate, the Minister directed collectors to complete verification
of all eligible applications by July 13 to ensure no deserving family was left out. Uttam Kumar Reddy
stressed that the beneficiary selection process must be transparent and corruption-free.
“The government’s focus is to ensure that every eligible person gets a ration card without any discrimination,” he said, adding that review meetings will now be held twice a month to maintain strict
oversight. Uttam Kumar Reddy explained that Telangana’s flagship free fine rice scheme delivers
6 kg of rice per person every month to nearly 3.10 crore people, about 84% of the population, through fair price shops, at a cost of over 13,000 crore annually.