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The Telangana government will distribute PDS rice in jute bags carrying the Congress Six Guarantees logo and photos of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy from September. While officials call it welfare promotion, dealers see it as publicity

According to reliable sources, the PDS mafia is paying protection money to rowdy sheeters every month alongside mamools (bribes) to patrolling teams.

Public distribution of rice in the erstwhile Karimnagar district faces delays with only two days left for the June 30 deadline. Technical issues, storage constraints, and biometric requirements have slowed down the process, raising doubts about achieving full coverage.

The arrested duo – Rajashekar and Shaik Shareef in nexus with various fair price shop dealers procured PDS rice from beneficiaries for Rs 10 per kg. They further sold the same rice to tiffin vendors and restaurants at Rs 18 per kg. 

Fine variety rice being distributed to white ration card holders through fair price shops is allegedly being smuggled to other places by illegal traders. Surprisingly, smuggling of the fine variety rice began the very next month after distribution of the rice began

Ration card holders, who do not use the rice for personal purposes, allegedly selling it for Rs 20 to Rs 25 per kg

The police seized 103 quintals of the rice and DCM vehicle.

People were seen standing in queues in front of ration shops right from morning. In some areas, ration cards and empty rice bags were placed in queue lines. Distribution of rice was resumed after the problem was rectified.

Gaddala Ravi Varma was taken into custody for transporting rice illegally

Utnoor ASP Kajal Singh, in a statement, said that Nallanna Krishnaiah, Thakur Arun Singh, Thakur Dhara Singh and Gyan Singh, were apprehended while shipping the grains, following a tip-off

The smugglers are procuring the grains from dealers of fair price shops and middlemen who purchase the rice from beneficiaries of the food security scheme.

Police reported that a case has been filed against three unidentified individuals for assaulting Imran Khan, a resident of Dwarakanagar in the town. According to Khan, the attackers targeted him, accusing him of revealing information about PDS rice smugglers to the authorities. He claimed that they branded him a police informant before physically assaulting him.

Value of the grains was assessed to be Rs 7.48 lakh

Sangareddy SP Chennuri Rupesh released the annual crime report of the district on Friday. The district recorded 55 murders, 10 murders for gain, 88 kidnaps, and 131 rapes

Minister for Civil Supplies N Manohar says illegal rice exports worth Rs 48,537 crore, amounting to over 1.3 crore MT, were routed through Kakinada Port

Expresses his ire over the port authorities and local MLA for failing to check the smuggling of the rice meant for the Public Distribution System

The SP wanted officials to identify the places with more accidents (black spots) and coordinate with the relevant authorities to prevent them.

Smugglers are gathering rice from various parts of the district and using the bridge to transport it to the neighboring state. In addition to the Sundilla bridge, the Annaram (Sarasvathi) barrage and the Kaleshwaram interstate bridge are also being used for rice smuggling activities.

According to police, the duo collected rice from poor people and smuggling it to Karnataka where it was sold at a higher price

The Singareni MEMU express operated daily between Bhadrachalam Road and Balharshah of Maharashtra has apparently become a boon for public distribution system (PDS) rice smugglers.