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Bengal ration shops threaten stir [1]

ROHIT KHANNA

Kolkata: Faced with acute shortage in supply of foodgrain in the public distribution system (PDS), all fair price shop owners in the state have decided to down their shutters from September 20 for an indefinite period. Three year ago, ration shops were gutted and many dealers had to go underground after food riots due to shortage.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Food Policy [3], Food Supply [4], Food Stress [5], Poverty [6], West Bengal [7], Financial Express (New Delhi) [2]

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