Massive developments are taking place in the state of Tamil Nadu under the leadership of E. Palaniswamy. The government of Tamil Nadu on Monday extended the Amma mobile fair price shop scheme over the state, rolling out over 3000 such units to serve more than 5.37 lakh ration cardholders. Currently, 48 such mobile units were serving people in remote and hilly areas in Nilgiris, Namakkal and Salem among others, where quintessential commodities are being delivered at people's places of stay.

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The scheme was begun by late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in 2014, an official release stated. Chief Minister K Palaniswami had declared in the state Assembly in March, extending the scheme across the state following requests from various quarters. Accordingly, the government expanded the scheme by adding another 3501 mobile fair price shops at a cost of Rs 9.66 crore to benefit a little over 5.37 lakh ration card holders in all 37 districts of the state, it said.

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Palaniswami waved off seven mobile fair price shops on Monday to mark the representative rollout of the scheme, wherein a salesperson from the parent ration shop will visit assigned areas once in a month to distribute the essential commodities at places convenient to the people, the release stated. Further, the Chief Minister launched a pilot project of providing fortified rice for ration card holders in Tiruchirappalli district. The fortified rice will contain iron, folic acid and Vitamin B12, the release said, adding, it will benefit women, children and the elderly.

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