On the occasion of Tamil Nadu’s grand festival of Pongal, a gift package is being offered to all the ration cardholders. The package consists of Rs. 1000 cash, raw rice, sugar, sugarcane, cashew nuts, raisin, etc.
It is all set for distribution to the ration card holders in all ration shops from (29th November).
This extra offer of Rs. 1000 for the Tamil people’s the most important festival of Pongal is given as a special gift on behalf of the state government of Tamil Nadu!
For this current year’s Pongal celebration (January 2019), each gift pack contains –
· Raw rice – 1 kg
· Sugar – 1kg
· Cashew nuts – 20 grams
· Raisin – 5 grams
· Cardamom
· Cash – Rs. 1000/-
These were distributed only to rice ration card holders. However, for the coming Pongal occasion (the year 2020, January), the gift package would be given all kinds of family ration cardholders as announced by the state government of Tamil Nadu!