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Print MANGALORE: While the Anna Bhagya scheme is a boon to lakhs of poor families, it’s a bane for fair price shop owners. Thanks to losses incurred by providing rice at Re 1 per kg to BPL families as part of the state government scheme, they have resorted to even selling cosmetics.
The scheme increases the financial burden of shop owners as they’re not being provided transport charges. While the rice is sold at Re 1 to BPL and Antyodaya card holders, dealers have to purchase rice from depots at 69 paise per kg. Dealers, who get only 31 paise per kg as commission, have to bear the cost of transportation.
Stella Mendonca, an FPS owner here, said it costs at least Rs 20 to transport 1 quintal of rice from the depot to the shop. "The government should consider distributing surcharge for transportation to all fair price shop owners as the margin we get is not enough. We’re forced to spend on transportation," she said.
Shop owners have been facing another problem for decades - shortfall in quantity in rice bags due to transportation loss. Many dealers have started selling soaps and cosmetics to compensate for the loss. Suresh K, another ration dealer, said, "We’re selling other stuff along with foodgrains," he said.
An official of the department of food, civil service and consumer affairs on condition of anonymity said each bag of 50kg rice is reduced to 48-49 kg by the time it reaches the shop.
Sharanabasappa, deputy director of the department, said the government is yet to consider the demands of ration dealers on transportation surcharge. "The government will discuss the proposal and take a decision," he said.
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