BPL ration card holders to get Tur Dal under PDS scheme.

All Below Poverty Line (BPL) Ration card holders in Karnataka will get Tur Dal through the ration card shops under the Public Distribution System scheme. State Government decided to distribute Tur Dal following bumper harvest of in 12 major crop growing districts of Karnataka. As per the scheme, each BPL card holder will get 1 kg of Tur Dal. The subsidy of Rs 30 per kg would be given which would cost the state Rs 1100 crore a year.