
One-month grace period to surrender priority ration cards
The Hindu
This will help the the government to supply subsidised food grain to more BPL families: Kerala Civil Supplies Minister
Ineligible individuals who are in possession of priority category ration cards will have a one-month grace period for surrendering them. Card holders who are unfairly getting subsidised commodities will be given time till June 30 to surrender their cards, Food and Civil Supplies Minister G. R. Anil said on Saturday. During this period, they will not be fined or subjected to other penalty, Mr. Anil said.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












