Trinamool Congress-led government in Bengal is planning to provide special 'Roza' food packets at a subsidised rate from ration shops across the state during the fasting month of Ramzan.
"In all the ration shops across the state, Roza food packets will be provided from June 5- July 6. It will be given twice in the one-month period. The food packets will have each and every ingredient - sugar, flour, chick peas and others food items and will cost lesser than in the open market," state Food Supplies Minister Jyotipriyo Mullick told PTI.
According to food supplies department sources, this is being done to help minorities in the state who go on fast during the Ramzan month.
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Mullick said the government had set a rice procurement target of 45 lakh tonnes during this season, of which 35 lakh tonnes have already been procured.
This, he said, is the highest ever procurement.
Earlier, he said, the state's warehousing capacity was 48,000 tonnes which has now been increased to 5,91,000 tonnes.
Construction is on to increase the capacity by another 1.8 lakh tonnes, the minister said, adding the target is 12 lakh tonnes.
Officials said out of the 171 Krishi Bazars in the state, 60 have warehousing capacity and work is on to provide the others with it.
