IndiaUnheard

Poor Denied Rations

Jun 2, 2010 Episode Archive
About this series: IndiaUnheard is the world's first ever community news service where news is produced by the poor and the marginalized communities of India.
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Despite having applied for Ratio cards 2 yrs ago, they have not received it.Ration card is a card issued by a government allowing the holder to obta...
Despite having applied for Ratio cards 2 yrs ago, they have not received it.Ration card is a card issued by a government allowing the holder to obtain certain rations. Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. Rationing controls the size of the ration, one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. They are also used to provide goods to the poor sections of the society at highly subsidize prices.In this video we have people belonging to the below poverty line segment of society. They have been waiting for their ration cards for the past 2 yrs. They were made to fill up the forms but yet they have not received the cards. This means that they are forced to by commodities at the normal MRP rate. Less
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