PDS Beneficiaries Permitted to Buy Two Months’ Supply of Food Grains (Feb & March) in One Go, NFSA Beneficiaries Eligible for One-Year Sugar Purchase at Once

Tarun Karthick

Port Blair, 31 January 2024

Food Grains to all PDS beneficiaries shall be distributed in advance for two months for February 2024 & March 2024 in one go in the entire UT. All the Ration Card holders have been informed that they can purchase the food grains as per their entitlement for 2 months in February 2024.

The subsidized sugar will also be distributed to all NFSA households i.e. PHH & AAY @ 1 Kg per card/per month for twelve (12) months (April 2023 to March 2024) in one go  @ Rs. 30/- (PHH) & Rs. 15/- (AAY) per kg w.e.f. 1st  February 2024 onwards. 

All Ration Card holders have been requested to draw the food grains as per their entitlement for 2 months in one go between 1st February 2024 & 31st March 2024. Ration Card Holders who are not able to purchase their ration in the month of February 2024 can also draw their food grains in the month of March 2024.