Bengaluru, Oct. 16 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar stated on Thursday that the government is considering providing a grocery kit instead of the additional 5 kg of rice under the Anna Bhagya scheme to prevent the misuse of rice.

"The additional 5 kg of rice given under Anna Bhagya is being misused. To prevent it, the government is considering providing a grocery kit that includes oil, lentils, sugar, salt, and other essential items. The kit will be named the Indira kit," he said while speaking at the World Food Day event at Vidhana Soudha.

"We had promised to issue an additional 5 kg of rice under the Anna Bhagya scheme in lieu of the cash component. Looking at the rising incidence of selling additional rice in the open ...