FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fair price shops or ration shops sell the bare necessities required by a person at subsidised prices. Some items that are sold in these shops include foodgrains, sugar, and kerosene for cooking. This way, a person with minimal income can also buy the basic necessities required for a decent living.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ration Shops are called Fair Price Shops because food grains are supplied to the poor through these shops at much reasonable and a fair price than the market price which is often high.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fair price shop (FPS) Locally these are known as ration shops and public distribution shops, and chiefly sell wheat, rice and sugar at a price lower than the market price called Issue Price. Other essential commodities may also be sold. To buy items one must have a ration card.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fair price shops keep stock of Food Grains, Sugar, Kerosene Oil. Fair price shops are popularly known as ration shops. Established by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution. Fair price shops are established to distribute food and non-food items to India’s poor at subsidized rates.

Detailed explanation-5: -Fair Price Shop means a shop which has been licensed to distribute essential commodities by an order issued under section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, to the ration card holders under the Targeted Public Distribution System. The term is defined in Section 2(4) of National Food Security Act, 2013.