Press Note -: Additional special festival allocation of sugar for BPL

The Central Government has decided to give additional special festival allocation of 2 kg of levy sugar for the month of September or October, 2009 to all families below poverty line (BPL) in the country except in the special category states viz. all North-eastern states (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura), hill states (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand) and Island territories (Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep) where additional special festival allocation will be made to below poverty line and above poverty line families. Accordingly, release orders allocating levy sugar have been issued.

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Deptt of Food & PD
New Delhi, September 11, 2009, Bhadra 20, 1931

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