Desperation grows for those unable to access subsidised food, as worst hunger in two decades reported
Khan and her daughters are among millions of Indians unable to access subsidised rice and wheat under India’s, a 2013 law that entitles 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population to receive highly subsidised food through the targeted public distribution system . Two-thirds of Indians are eligible to receive quotas in different categories on presenting their ration card at designated “fair-price shops”. The TPDS is one of the world’s largest food-distribution networks.
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