Conversion of BPL ration cards to APL cards - last date extended to January 31

Thiruvananthapuram. The food and civil supplies department has extended the the last date of changing APL ration cards to January 31.
Earlier the govt has found 24000 govt employees had illegally secured BPL ration cards and steps were taken to cancel their ration cards.The govt had direct to covert these cards in to APL by January 15. But only 8000 officials had complied with the directive and surrender their cards.