Govt urged to issue ration cards to eligible

Amaravati: Minister for Civil Supplies P Pulla Rao said the government would convene a meeting to review the allotment of ration cards and solve problems in the public distribution system in the next 15 days. The MLAs raised problems in public distribution system during the question hour in the Assembly on Saturday.

MLA Bode Prasad requested the government to issue at least pink ration cards to the applicants. He said that the public were asking the MLAs during their visits in the villages. The pink cardholders want to use the cards for identity purpose, he said.

MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Prasad said that the government stopped issuing pink ration cards for the past several years.  He said the people were waiting forration cards. In case of transfers of families, the government should also transfer the cards through online, he suggested.