Shimla, November 10
All ration card holders in the state will be entitled to 300-gm additional quota of sugar for November on account of Divali. Civil Supplies Minister Ramesh Dhawala said here today that ration card holders would be provided 1-kg sugar per head, with 700 gm as the regular quota and 300 gm as the additional quota.

He advised people to contact offices of his department in case the additional quota was not being made available in any area of the state. He said officers had been asked to launch a special drive to ensure that only good-quality sweets and other edible items were sold during the festive season.

He also said essential food commodities and medicines had been provided to all tribal areas for winter. So far, 61 per cent of medicines, worth Rs 1.13 crore, had been sent and the remaining 39 per cent would be dispatched shortly.