Hyderabad, March 28 -- Telangana civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy announced that fine grain rice would distributed to ration card holders across the state starting April 1. The scheme will be officially launched by chief minister A Revanth Reddy from Huzurnagar at a public meeting, which will be held on the occasion of the Ugadi festival at 5 pm on March 30.

Addressing media persons in Hyderabad on Friday, March 28, Reddy said that 80 to 84 percent of the population of Telangana will receive 6 kg fine grain rice per beneficiary in a ration card.

He termed it the first-of-its-kind scheme in the country, he said that it is one of such few schemes which will touch the lives of every citizen living below the poverty line.

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