 | 9K kgs of PDS rice seizedAccording to the police, special raids are being conducted to prevent illegal transportation of PDS rice. |
 | Smuggling PDS rice big business for black marketers, at the cost of taxpayers moneyOf late, there has been a marked increase in the number of people arrested for attempting to sell PDS rice, meant to feed the poor, in the black market. |
| Karnataka police seize 246 quintols of illegal PDS rice at DavangereDuring the interrogation, the police didn't find any valid documents either on sales or transportation after which it was confiscated. |
 | Guntur: PDS rice worth Rs 3 cr seized in a monthHe informed that in the last one month, officials had conducted raids across the district at various rice mills, godowns. |
 | 20 fall ill after eating rice from PDS shops in Karnataka's Gadag districtOfficials visited the village and found that the rice contains toxic elements like plastic, and have sent it for examination. |
 | BJP alleges 'scam' in distribution of free rice in ChhattisgarhThe Congress government, however, denied the charges and said it has been distributing more rice than the allocation made by the Centre under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. |
 | 40 tonne PDS rice seized in GannavaramThe police seized the trucks and a case was registered against the drivers. Meanwhile, the seized rice was shifted to civil supplies godown in Gannavaram. |
 | Andhra Pradesh police seize 1,000 bags of PDS rice, arrest driverThe lorry, registered in Tamil Nadu, was illegally transporting 1,000 bags of PDS rice to Tamil Nadu from Nekarikallu town in Guntur district. |
 | PDS rice not substandard but old stock, says adminHowever, the issue seems to linger as just two days back, similar complaint of substandard rice under mid-day meal scheme was received from a primary school in Jeypore’s Dhanpur panchayat. |
