Kolkata,
Sep 20: The ruling state government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
has decided that, despite the immense pressure on it on account of having to
repay the huge debts, it would continue with the special food packages for the
people of Jangalmahal and the Hills. Besides rice and wheat at Rs 2 per kg, the
state government supplies more than double the amount supplied to the other
regions of the state for the people of these regions – 11 kg per person per
month against 5 kg in the other areas. Everyone, irrespective of economic
condition, is eligible for getting subsidised rice and wheat in these two
regions, the official sources here today said. Whereas 42 lakh people in
Jangalmahal are supplied with rice and wheat through the ration system (public
distribution system, or PDS), in the Hills, the number is 8 lakh 75 thousand.
The five districts of Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Purulia, Bankura and Birbhum
comprise Jangalmahal, whereas Darjeeling and Kurseong subdivisions of
Darjeeling district and Kalimpong district comprise the Hills region. The state
government also provides special packages in a few other regions which would
also continue – 16 kg of rice and wheat per person per month through PDS to the
Cyclone Aila-affected people in the Sundarbans and the farmers who lost land in
Singur as a result of the illegal acquisition, 35 kg of rice and wheat per
family through PDS to the families of tea garden workers, and 5 kg of rice and
wheat per person per month for free to members of the Toto tribe in north
Bengal. UNI
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