The Tamil Nadu government has announced a Pongal gift package. This gift package will include rice, sugar, and whole sugarcane. The thousand rupees cash along with the Pongal gift package that has been given for the past few years has not been given this time.
This Pongal gift package provided by the Tamil Nadu government will be available to ration card holders. But will it be available to everyone who has a ration card? If not, no. Even if you have a ration card, some people will not get the Pongal gift package.
This may be surprising information for you. But it is true. Why is it not possible to get the Pongal gift package even if you have a ration card? To know the answer to this, you must first know the types of ration cards. If you know that, you can know the answer to this question.
There are 5 types of ration cards in Tamil Nadu. The first is the priority ration card (family card) - all items are available. The second is the priority family card Antyodaya Anna Yojana, a ration card that provides all items including 35 kg of rice.
The third is the non-priority family card (rice card). This ration card also provides all the items given in private shops. But, non-preferential ration cards (sugarcardsd). This card provides all the items except rice. Sugar can be purchased.
The fifth and last ration card without items. The holders of this ration card do not have any items. They can use this ration card as an identity card.
On this basis, only those ration card holders who have rice cards will get the Pongal gift package provided by the Tamil Nadu government. Sugar ration card holders or non-item ration card holders cannot get the Pongal gift package afair-pricece shops.
Similarly, to get the Pongal gift package, it is mandatory to have a Pongal gift package token. Those who have not received the Pongal gift package token can go to the concerned ration shop and get it. If the token is not received, the Pongal gift package will not be distributed.