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Door delivery of rations to aged, disabled begins in TN
NF Times
|July 04, 2025
The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Department on Wednesday commenced the pilot project for home-delivery of essential commodities —rice, sugar, wheat, palmolein oil, and toor dal — under the Public Distribution System (PDS) for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PwDs) in Chennai and nine other districts.
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Aminimum of 10 fair price shops across two taluks in each district have been selected for the pilot study of this initiative.
This story is from the July 04, 2025 edition of NF Times.
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