AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, June 12 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Wednesday has launched subsidized sugar ratioing system at Rs. 23 per kilo for all ration card holders. While launching the ratioing, Deb said that his Government has managed this subsidy from a huge saved amount this year which was bearing as a burden every year by the Govt of Tripura before BJP Govt came in power and that burden was resulted from 63,000 fake ration cards mounting Rs. 63 crores of losses per year. Biplab Deb said, even after distribution sugar, there will be much savings from the saved amount and soon Govt will start distribution of cooking oil and few more commodities. Biplab Deb asked, why the previous Govt was looting Rs. 63 crores per financial year, they must answer it. “The previous Chief Minister created an image of himself who looks like a clean, honest person, but if you were honest and clean then how these fake ration cards invented under your Food Dept ?”

Biplab Deb said, Tripura saw a change in 2018 followed by a massive victory in 2014 led by Narendra Modi at centre. He also mentioned Govt is buying paddies from farmers which however looks like developing rural economy but indirectly, slowly it will attract the markets in urban bodies. According to the CM, responsibility to shape the economy and proceed the development is up to each common man, not only Govt itself. The programme was conducted at Agartala Town Hall where sugar-ratioing system was inaugurated in Tripura at Rs. 23 per kilo for. Food and Civil Supplies Minister Manoj Deb, Tripura MP Rebati Tripura, Debasish Modok, Director of Food and Civil Supplies were present on the occasion. All ration card holders will be getting 1 kilo of sugar under govt-subsidy from this month. Chief Minister announced that the state govt is reviewing whether cooking oil under subsidy in coming days can be given, adding, “A new Govt has taken over so many projects in hands in 14 months, is not a petty matter”.