The last of the scrolls, dated 402 B.C., is a receipt for the borrowing of two months' rations of grain by the son-in-law -- at no interest, but with a penalty for failure to repay on time -- from Pakhnum, an Aramaean.
The Congress strategy, of promoting a rights-based approach to welfare with schemes to deliver rations of grains to two-thirds of Indians, or a guarantee of low-paid rural work for poorer households, for example—appears to have little or no traction.
When grazing forage is decaying at the end of the rainy season and scant at the end of dry season, farmers feed their goats homemade rations of grains, forage and concentrates, illustrating farmers' knowledge on how to adapt feeding management according to the goats' needs.
After their check-ups at the health centre, expectant mothers were given a receipt entitling them to a 2-week ration of millet grain, three bars of soap and a bednet.
The heat, too, had been intense and the short rations, lb of grain per day without bulk food, had weakened them greatly.
Only then should he deal with the most sensitive issue: phasing out public rations of cheap grain and sugar.
Higher share of grain ration land in total land at the village level means there are more security rights for the village farmers.
For the years of 1995 and 2002, the land security measure is defined by using a variable which measures the share of grain ration land in total land at the village level.
Land security at village level is measured by means of an indicator that combines information on the share of grain ration land relative to the village total land and whether or not the village retained some flexible land.
