chennai for long used to drawing their monthly rations from police cooperative stores men in uniform in tamil nadu will now be given a new type of ration card which will also be in khaki from october 1 and they get a new system by which they can use their neighbourhood ration shops the police already have a khaki card but one that makes them eligible only to draw kerosene from the public distribution system with the rest of their supplies coming from the police cooperatives stores a practical problem that involved policemen incurring extra expenditure in arranging to transport their rations from the cooperative shops to their respective stations has been resolved by the new system the news system will allow them to use the existing network of pds outlets anywhere in the cityregion even as they avail of lower prices for the commodities they use the state government has approved the move which was recently recommended by the third police commission police sources said the state government accepted the idea of issuing fresh cards instead of replacing the existing ration cards for the police the police personnel had submitted their personal details four months ago based on the information the police have printed the new ration cards and it has been supplied to all police personnel police sources said they can get the provisions from the ration shops located close to their houses after enrolling their names from october 1 onwards police sources added the dgps office said the state government had agreed to supply dal and cooking oil through the pds shops at a discounted price for the police earlier police personnel were expected to pick up their provisions from the police cooperative stores take the provisions to their police station by engaging a van thereafter the provisions were disbursed to all the police personnel though the policemen were getting the provisions at discounted prices when compared to the general public they complained that ultimately it proved as costly as buying them in private departmental stores because of the cost involved in engaging a van to transport the commodities lamented a police personnel attached to the city police as the system became unattractive to most police personnel they asked senior officers and the police commission to arrange for their getting their commodities from the ration outlets located in their local neighbourhoods each and every policeman welcomes this new system of disbursing the ration commodities through ration shops close to where they reside director general of police k p jain told the times of india new cards are being supplied through the police district offices and headquarters he added selvarajatimesgroupcom