Thiruvananthapuram : In a bid to rein inflation, the Civil Supplies Corporation flagged off its “Rice Van” vehicles on Wednesday. The mobile rice vans will deliver rices at subsidised rate across districts. Civil Supplies Minister, GR Anil flagged off the inaugural van at Pallayam this mornig.
Every ration card holder is entitled to 10 kilo of subsidy rice each month from varieties that include “Jaya”, “Kurvamatta” and “Pachari” rice. The rice vans will crisscross 500 taluks/panchayats that do not have Supplyco stores in their llimits.
