Sentence examples for ration shop from inspiring English sources

The assistant in the state ration shop sells supplies.

This drew the attention of the district magistrate who ordered an inquiry into the cases identified, and for local employers to provide a ration shop, a primary health centre and clean water supply for workers.

His village's ration shop – which had closed early for the day, because of rain – hadn't had kerosene for months, and he said darkly he feared the fuel had disappeared into the black market.

Strikingly, the quality of food in the ration shop also improved, perhaps as it saw customers opting to go elsewhere.Mrs Shahjaha says she "once or twice" used some of the monthly money to buy medicine or pay for a trip to a doctor.

According to Pyara Lal, the manager of Shahabpur's government ration shop, around a quarter of the village's BPL card-holders are relatively prosperous patels a consequence of the last two pradhans having come from that caste-group.Mr Lal, who is popularly considered to have the best job in Shahabpur, also admits to skimming off a share of the loot.

Local councils rather than privately run ration shops oversee storage and distribution.

Prices are lower than in the mainstream markets but higher than the ration shops.

A nationwide system was set up to distribute subsidized food via a network of "ration shops" that today number 454,000.

He has ensured that convicted criminals no longer get lucrative licences for liquor stores and ration shops, which sell subsidised food and fuel.

Again in a test in Jharkhand, ration shops and individuals who get cheap wheat, rice, salt and oil are now being monitored using Aadhaar identities.

This makes it harder for suppliers or ration shops to steal, which is how an estimated 40% of the supplies used to disappear.