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20% Less Than Market Price: New Super Scheme Coming to Ration Shops from October!
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News18•20-09-2026, 14:37
20% Less Than Market Price: New Super Scheme Coming to Ration Shops from October!
- •Essential groceries to be sold at ration shops and cooperative centers at 20% less than market price from October.
- •Items like pulses, cooking oil, spices, and soap will be available under this new scheme.
- •A new online procurement system in the cooperative department aims to reduce intermediary costs.
- •Goods will be directly procured from cooperative societies, women's self-help groups, and farmer producer organizations.
- •Scheme awaits government approval; final details on products, prices, and quantities to be announced.
Key Questions Answered
The Tamil Nadu government is considering a scheme to sell daily grocery items, such as pulses, cooking oil, spices, and soap, at approximately 20 percent less than the market price through ration shops and cooperative sales centers to provide relief from rising commodity prices.
To reduce intermediary costs, the cooperative department has introduced a new online procurement system to buy goods directly from cooperative societies, women's self-help groups, and farmer producer organizations, including items like jaggery, garlic, pepper, mustard, cumin, tamarind, and fenugreek.
Yes, to ensure that everyone gets access to the products, a limit will be set on the specific quantity that each family can purchase under the new scheme.
