More action than words

Rajesh Choubey has stopped ration shops from pilfering, sensitised people and assisted them in finding livelihood during the pandemic

- RAJIT SENGUPTA

IN APRIL, the Sonbhadra district administration in Uttar Pradesh announced that people without ration cards can also avail the services of Public Distribution System shops during the last few days of each month. Instead of helping, this triggered black marketing as shopkeepers started giving less to people with ration cards throughout the month to sell the non-ration card households food articles at a premium.