WB to give rice at ₹2 per kg to sex workers
The West Bengal government has, for the first time, decided to provide rice at ₹2 per kilogram to sex workers and poor HIV patients, Food and Supplies Minister Jyotipriyo Mullick has said. Economically weaker speech and hearing-impaired children and leprosy patients will also benefit from the scheme. Mullick added that the scheme will be implemented by January 2017.