Bhopal : Quota of food grains for May for BPL and APL families under public distribution system has been released.
As per allotment, one lakh 10 thousand 721 metric tonnes of food grains have been made available for BPL families. This includes 92,917 metric tonnes of wheat and 17,804 metric tonnes of rice. These food grains will be supplied to 55 lakh 36 thousand 55 BPL card holders at the rate of 20 kg per ration card. Ratio of wheat and rice will be as per local demand.
For APL families, 61,967 tonnes of wheat has been allotted. It will be distributed among 81 lakh 627 card holder at the rate of 7 kg 600 grams per card.