Scaling down Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s first administrative promise, the Cabinet has modified the ambitious scheme of distributing 30 kg of rice at Rs 1 per kg to below poverty line families.
A quota has been fixed for each family depending on the size, but it is a slab rather than the old unit scheme.
Citing a shortfall in the availability of rice, law and parliamentary affairs minister T B Jayachandra said after Thursday’s Cabinet meeting: ‘’This is being done as a temporary measure till the rice availability is streamlined.’’
The new slab scheme will cost Rs 4,300 crore against the Rs 4,600 crore.
