Stopping of subsidy hit poor

Ambakanti Rajeshwar of Kupti( K)

Stopping supply of subsidy rice to the children under Telangana Food Security Cards (TFSC) by the state government hit the poor families in the district.  Supply of subsidy rice stopped to nearly 3.000 children in May, 2015 in the Adilabad district of Telangana.

Officials concerned have failed to restore the supply of rice to many children even today after stopping subsidy rice to the children even after repeated appeals by card holders.

The state government’s move thrown cold water on the happiness over increased rice quota to each family and revoked restriction on number of family members eligible for the subsidy rice.         

Many FSC holders have been running from pillar to post for long time for restoration of ration to their children. The state government has revoked the restriction on number of family members eligible for Rs 1 kg rice and the quantity increased to 6v kg to each member included in the ration card.

Three months after issuing FSC to BPL families, the civil supply department staff started stopping 6 kg rice to the children without prior information to the families. Card holders ran pillar to post on the issue but nothing has yielded positive. Revenue officials say that they were restoring the names of the children in the list of eligible family members for subsidy rice.

Ambakanti Rajeshwar of Kupti (K) village in Neredigonda said ‘in starting months they got 18 kg subsidized rice each member 6 kg with their Food Security Card issued by the state government but later 6kg rice was stopped to his daughter Rishika,5, who was a family member and her name was included in the card’. ‘The revenue officials have failed to restore the supply of Rs 6 kg rice to her daughter even after many appeals’, he lamented.