Raipur, 08 October 2020. Allocation of kerosene has been issued by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department for distribution to consumers in the month of October by fair price shops and hawkers. A total of one lakh 80 thousand liters of kerosene has been released for the month of October for ration cards and hawkers prevailing under the Chhattisgarh Food and Nutrition Security Act for the Gariaband district. Kerosene will be eligible for all priority, Antyodaya and Annapurna ration cards under the public distribution system in October 2020.
Food department officials said that ration card holders in urban and non-scheduled areas will be entitled to maximum 2 liters of kerosene, and in rural areas maximum 3 liters of kerosene in scheduled areas. The hawkers who distribute the kerosene will stand in front of the fair price shop set by the district administration and distribute the kerosene to the ration card holders. A separate allocation for hawkers at the value of 85 liters per hawker has been issued. Of the total kerosene released by the Food Department for the month of October, an allocation of 180 kilo liters of kerosene has been issued for the Gariaband district. Of these, allocation of 28 thousand 500 liters for Gariaband development block, 45 thousand liter for Fingeshwar development block, 36 thousand liter for Chura development block, 38 thousand liter for Mainpur development block and 32 thousand liters for Devbhog development block. is.
