Revive PDS outlets in Puducherry: CPI leader
The Hindu
Steps should be taken to distribute essentials before Deepavali, says Saleem
The CPI has demanded immediate revival of public distribution outlets in the Union Territory.
CPI secretary A.M. Saleem said the government should start distribution of essential items through the PDS outlets so that people could get some respite during a financially stressful time.
The prices of essentials had gone up. The purchasing power of the people had come down drastically. So this was essential, he said.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.