Date:04/06/2006 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/06/04/stories/2006060402800100.htm

Back Rice scheme takes off

M. Govarthan

BENEFITING FROM POLL PROMISE: A woman carrying a 20-kg rice bag at a ration shop in Erode in Tamil Nadu. Fulfilling a major poll promise, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, launched the Rs 2 per kg PDS rice scheme on his 84th birthday on Saturday.