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Agartala: Tripura is capping monthly rice rations for Above Poverty Line families. Starting August 2026, households get a maximum of 20 kg of rice per card. Size no longer matters. This move hits large families the hardest.
A five-member home previously got 25 kg. Now they get 20 kg. This drops the per-person share to 4 kg. Six-member households see their slice shrink to 3.33 kg each. Eight-member families get just 2.5 kg per person. The old 25 kg ceiling is dead.
The Directorate of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs sent the order out on July 20. Sub-Divisional Magistrates hold the responsibility to enforce the new scale. Officials also notified the Minister’s office. Critics call the timing poor, as it falls near Independence Day while food prices spike.
Many residents see this as a straight ration cut. Households worry they must now buy extra grain at market prices. Community pushback grows. The government defends the move as a way to standardize distribution. An official statement noted, "The measure is a revision aimed at standardizing distribution." More details should surface once the state rolls out the system fully.
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