Free Onam food kits containing 14 items will be distributed to ration card holders from August 23 to September 7. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will formally inaugurate the distribution here on August 22, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies G.R. Anil said on Friday.
The kits will be distributed to Antyodaya Anna Yojana cardholders (yellow cards) through ration shops on August 23 and August 24 and Priority Household cardholders (pink card) from August 25 to 27. Kits for Non-Priority Subsidy cards (blue) can be collected from August 29 to August 31 and those for the Non-Priority Non-Subsidy cards (white), from September 1 to 3.
Cardholders who fail to pick up their kits on the above-mentioned dates can do so from September 4 to 7. There will be no distribution of the free kits after Onam. Ration shops will be open on September 4.
