“Lentils will be supplied to Government Fair Price Shops in the State very soon. Yesterday, 1300 metric tons of lentils arrived in Tripura.

With the arrival of lentils in the state, these will be supplied from government fair price shops in the next couple of days.”

Food minister Sushanta Chowdhury said this in a press conference at the Secretariat on Thursday.

He added that lentils will be distributed to 2056 government fair price shops and Anganwadi centres.

Chowdhury further said, “The state government has decided that from now APL consumers will be able to purchase lentils per kg at Rs. 82 instead of Rs. 84 and BPL and Antyodaya consumers will be able to purchase lentils at Rs. 57 per kg instead of Rs. 59.”

The Food Minister also said, “For the past three months, the Food Department has been conducting an operation to prevent black marketing in various markets and fair price shops of the state.”

He added, “A total of 184 markets have been raided so far from which a total fine of 2 lakh 26 thousand 300 rupees were collected. Show cause notices have been issued to 58 traders. 10 shops have been temporarily closed.”