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Licenses of 43 depot holders cancelled in Haryana

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

Security money amounting to over Rs 1.06 lakh of 33 dealers has also been forfeited, a spokesman of Haryana Food and Supplies Department said here.

Essential commodities were being provided to people through 9,331 fair price shops located in urban and rural areas, near industrial units and hostels of students, he said.

Out of the total fair price shops functioning in the state, 6,654 were located in rural areas and 2,677 in urban areas.

As many as 77 fair price shops were located near industrial units and 22 fair price shops were near schools or hostels, he added.

He said that village level committees of members of Panchayats and others were functioning in the state to effectively check functioning of the fair price shops and supervise the distribution of controlled commodities.

  

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First Published: Sep 10 2012 | 3:35 PM IST

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