The distribution of free ration started from the fair price shops of the state on Wednesday. In these shops the ration card holders were seen standing in queues to get their quota of ration. In an attempt to give public message that the state has adequate supplies of food grains and that the people should not become panicky in the wake of the threat posed by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Uttarakhand government had announced that it would provide three months of ration at the FPS from April. There are 23 lakh ration card holders in the state. The government had announced that ration of month of April would be provided during April 1 to 15 and ration of May and June would be provided from April 16. One shop owner said that they have limited capacity of holding stocks. Meanwhile the government on Wednesday clarified that the five kg rice per person per month would be provided free of cost for the months of April, May and June at FPS under the centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.