Agartala, Oct. 8 -- The Tripura Cabinet has taken a series of major decisions ahead of the Durga Puja festival, including free distribution of essential food items to nearly 9.92 lakh ration card holders, approval for the creation and filling of hundreds of teacher posts, and the formation of the Tripura Staff Selection Commission.

Announcing the Cabinet decisions at a press conference at the state Secretariat, Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said that ration card holders will receive 1 kg of sugar, 2 kg of flour and 500 grams of semolina (suji) free of cost for the Durga Puja festivities. The items will be distributed through Fair Price Shops during October and November.

The government will require approximately 243 metric tonnes of semoli...