Rajasthan govt. reserves one-third allocation of fair price shops for women

Jaipur | Thursday | 19th November, 2020

Summary:

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved an amendment to the fair price shop allocation policy and informed that hereafter one-third allocation of fair price shops in Rajasthan will be reserved for women under the public distribution system. 

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved an amendment to the fair price shop allocation policy and informed that hereafter one-third allocation of fair price shops in Rajasthan will be reserved for women under the public distribution system. 

In the election manifesto of the Congress government, reservation in the allocation of shops to women under the public distribution system was promised.

According to an official statement, in less than two years of dispensation, the government has completed 257 announcements, out of the 501 made in the election manifesto, whereas work on the remaining 176 is in progress. 

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