Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make available free of cost the additional 89,540 tonnes rice quota sanctioned to tide over the flood situation. The Chief Minister wrote to Modi, asking the Centre not to charge any price for the additional rice quota.
Taking into consideration the intensity of the flood situation in the state, the rice price should not be deducted from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF), Vijayan said.