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Fair price shops open in Jhapa to offer festive discounts

Consumer goods including rice, sugar, and salt are sold at reduced rates during festive seasons in Jhapa.

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  • Festive discount shops in Jhapa offer reduced prices on daily essentials like rice and salt.
  • Discounts include five rupees off per kilogram of rice and two rupees off per kilogram of salt.
  • Salt Trading Corporation distributes items through over twenty-five vendors in the district.

Festive discount outlets have commenced operations in Jhapa district to ease consumer expenses during upcoming celebrations. Essential daily commodities, ranging from rice to salt, are made available at concessional prices through these special retail locations. Authorities have arranged for reduced pricing on primary food items. Specific rice variants receive a price reduction of five rupees per kilogram, while salt carries a discount of two rupees per kilogram for shoppers. The main branch office of the state trading entity in Birtamod reports that Jiramasino rice sells at eighty-five rupees per kilogram, and Sona Mansuli rice is priced at fifty-seven rupees per kilogram. Additionally, the distribution network relies on more than twenty-five vendors across the district to supply salt and sugar to local residents throughout the festive period.

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