Direct Money Transfer to Ration Cardholders in TN

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Mr.Stalin, on taking over as CM of Tamil Nadu on 7.5.2021, had started on a high note. He had appointed good IAS officers to administer his Government. However, the same cannot be said of the choice of some of his ministers. He had announced free travel for women in ordinary buses. Reduced the price of Aavin milk and also increased the procurement price of milk. As promised, he announced the distribution of  Rs.4000 in two installments to ration card holders in keeping with his election promise. He had also announced lockdown for two weeks with restrictions and complete lockdown on Sundays.

Today being a Sunday, 16.5.2021, there is a complete lockdown. But his Government has announced that people can get the amount of Rs.2000 from the ration shops on going there. Even though there is a lockdown, people are forced to go to ration shops to get their money standing in queues. This defeats the purpose of lockdown.  Instead, the State Government should have transferred the money directly to the ration card holders’ bank accounts as is being done by the Central Government.

Another grey area is the distribution of Remdisiver medicines. Instead of asking the people to buy them personally, which forces them to stand in long queues,  the State Government should have supplied them directly to the hospitals.

These measures, had they been taken, would adequately have met the purpose of containing the spread of Covid.

I hope the Government would take remedial steps.

 

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