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Patna
(Bihar Times): Now the self-help groups (SHGs)
and members of the gram panchayat will get preference
in the distribution of new licence for the public
distribution system (PDS) outlets. They will replace
unemployed youths in the priority list.
There
will be seven criteria for the allotment of the
new licence. Now in Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe
dominated villages there will be one shop for
every 1,000 population. There will be one PDS
outlet for every 1,900 population in the rural
areas and one for every 1,300 population in urban
areas of Bihar.
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Reservation
rule will be followed in the distribution of new licence.
There is shortage of 3,888 shops in the state. The SHGs
will be given top priority. Gram panchayat sahkari samiti,
women groups, handicapped, ex-servicemen will follow
them. Unemployed youths will be next in the priority
list. The last to get licence will be the citizen of
the ward.
The
Schedule Castes will get the reservation of 16 per
cent, Schedule Tribes one per cent, Other Backward
Castes 18 per cent, Most Backward Castes 12 per cent
and woman of backward caste three percent.
