Kudumbashree making 2.42 lakh packets of chips
The Hindu
To be distributed along with Onam kits
A wish for a traditional Kerala product in the Onam kits provided by the government to ration card-holders in the State led to the production of banana chips and jaggery-coated chips by the Kudumbashree. On Sunday, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies G.R. Anil visited Karthika Food Products in Kottukal panchayat that manufactures banana chips and sarkara varatti (jaggery-coated chips) for the Onam kits.More Related News

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