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Opt for e-tender, allow competition, save crores in corona relief kits: NGO to Stalin
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Chennai, May 17 : A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Arappor Iyakkam, on Monday urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin to go for e-tender for procurement of 2.11 crore corona relief grocery kits to save hundreds of crore and also enable more bidders to participate.
In a letter to Stalin, Arappor Iyakkam s Convenor Jayaram Venkatesan said this short tender is worth close to Rs. 837 crores as per Ration Department s estimate based on retail price of Amutham Departmental Stores belonging to Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation.
Express News Service
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has decided to provide Corona Relief Kits containing 13 grocery items to about 2.11 crore family cardholders in the State to help them cope with the lockdown period.
The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has floated tenders for this. The kits are likely to be distributed from June 3, the birth anniversary of former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
The 13 grocery items in each kit are Wheat flour, free flow iodised salt and rava (1 kg each), sugar and urad dhall (500 grams each), Tamarind and Bengal gram (250 kg each), mustard, cumin, turmeric powder and chili powder (100 grams each), one branded bathing soap (125 grams) and one branded washing soap (250 grams).