The Centre’s decision to slash Kerala’s wheat and kerosene allocation will lead to food scarcity and price rise, the CPI State executive said on Wednesday. The CPI, in a resolution, demanded that the Centre immediately restore the allocation.
The Centre's decision to stop the tide-over allocation of 6,459.074 tonnes of wheat has denied supply to non-priority card holders who account for 57% of the State's population, the CPI State executive said in a statement.
Kerosene allocation to the State has dipped by almost 40% in the 2022-23 first quarter compared to the same period in the last fiscal. The allocation has decreased from 6,480 litres in the first quarter of 2021-22 to 3,888 litres during the same period in 2022-23, the CPI noted.
