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The government opened a fair price shop for the festival
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- Government-owned food management and trading company operates fair price shops at 63 locations in 42 districts including Kathmandu Valley.
The government has launched fair price shops aimed at the festival from today with the aim of providing daily consumables to the general consumers at concessional rates.
The government-owned food management and trading company will operate fair price shops at 63 locations in 42 districts until January 2nd.
According to the company, a concession shop has been brought in to provide consumers with daily consumables at convenient and discounted rates during various festivals including Dasain, Tihar, Chhath. The company operates sales rooms in Thapathali, Ramshahpath, Nakhkhu and Suryavinayak in Kathmandu Valley. According to the company, after taking the order through
online, the consumables will be delivered to the consumer's kitchen. In the concession shop, the consumer can buy various types of rice and pulses for Rs. Dana, Chino, Kaguno and Uwa Jumli Marsi will get a discount of up to Rs 7 per kg.
Similarly, the company has said that a 10 per kg discount will be given on live Khasiboka and Changra and Dairy Development Institute's ghee. Sharmila Neupane Subedi, the information officer of the company, informed that the target of selling about 50,000 quintals of food at Parvotsav concession shops has been set.
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply had decided to operate a fair price shop targeting the festival on August 23. The government has managed a budget of 3 crores for the operation of Supath shops. The company has said that 1,500 Khasiboka and 300 Changra will be brought to Kathmandu and sold from Thapathali.
Information Officer Subedi said that Khasiboka and Changra will be brought from Makwanpur, Tulsipur, Mustanglait Valley. According to him, Khasiboka and Changra will be sold from Ghatastaphana to Navami day.
The company said that the convenience store has been brought into operation with the aim of creating an environment for providing quality products at reasonable prices during the major festivals of Nepali, Dasain, Tihar and Chhath.
The government is confident that the operation of concession shops will help in controlling abnormal market prices during the festive season.
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