Smart ration cards distribution launched in Tenali constituency 

Minister for Civil Supplies Nadendla Manohar, Union Minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar and MLC Alapati Rajendra Prasad on Sunday (August 31) launched the distribution of smart ration cards in Tenali constituency. They handed over the cards to a number of beneficiaries at their doorstep in Nandivelugu village.

Mr. Manohar said the ration cards were being distributed to 1.46 crore beneficiaries across the State, including 5.85 lakh in Guntur district and 83,000 in Tenali constituency. The distribution would be completed by September 15.

He told people not to be influenced by the YSRCP’s negative propaganda and claimed that the coalition government was working on implementing all the promises made at the time of 2024 general elections. One of the welfare schemes, the Deepam-2 scheme, gave beneficiaries three free gas cylinders a year, he said.

Mr. Chandrasekhar said Andhra Pradesh was the first State to give smart ration cards and it was also the State that gave the highest social security pensions.