1) The ration shops may be overflowing with grains but there might be hunger.
2) The grains in ration shops might be rotting or of poor quality.
3) Those who run the shops may open them irregularly or hoard the grain the grains and sell them in the black market for a higher price.
4) Also, due to the difference in prices for different section dof the society there may be very little profit in buying from the ration shops for the privilaged section of the society
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Problems of functioning of ration shops:
* Many retail shopkeepers have large number of bogus cards to sell food grains in the open market.
* Many dealers resort to malpractice since they acquire less salary.
* Poor supervision
* Lack of accountability
* Spurring number of middlemen who consume a good proportion of the stock meant for the poor.
* No clarity as to which families should be included in the BPL list and which excluded.
* Many BPL families are not able to acquire ration cards either because they are seasonal migrant workers or because they live in unauthorised colonies.
* Some mortgage their ration cards for money.
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- PDS dealers are sometimes diverting grains to market for getting better margin.
- The storage of massive food stocks has been responsible for carrying high costs.
- Sometimes stored grains are rotten away and also being eaten by rats.
- Irregular opening of shops.
- PDS sellers are generally selling poor quality of food grains.
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(ii) Some of the ration shop dealers resort to malpractices. They illegally divert the grains to the open market for better gains.
(iii) Some of the ration shop dealers sell only poor quality of grains.
(iv) Some dealers do not open their shops regularly and the poor people cannot draw their ration quota timely.
(v) Still others weigh less and cheat the illiterate poor.
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(ii) Some of the ration shop dealers resort to malpractices. They illegally divert the grains to the open market for better gains.
(iii) Some of the ration shop dealers sell only poor quality of grains.
(iv) Some dealers do not open their shops regularly and the poor people cannot draw their ration quota timely.
(v) Still others weigh less and cheat the illiterate poor.
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?? Dealers sells poor quality grains at ration shops.
?? Ration shops are opened at irregular time creating problems for the people.
?? Still others weight less and cheat the illiterate poor.
?? Their very less storage.
?? Not a proper hygiene.
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