Hyderabad, March 26 -- Irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said that all the ration card holders will receive fine grain rice through the public distribution system starting April, and that the state government was contemplating distributing certain essential commodities like salt, pulses, sugar and other essential commodities through fair price stores soon.

Speaking in the assembly and giving clarifications on the questions raised by the MLAs during the budget session on Wednesday, March 26, he stated that nearly 84% of Telangana population will be benefited by the initiative.

He said that the first priority will be given to additional members of a family who have applied for new ration cards, and that the rest o...