Interviewer instructions
Item 17: did the household purchase any cereal from ration/fair price shop during the last 30 days? The answer against this question will be recorded in code. The codes are: yes-1, no-2. Purchase of foodgrains by workers from shops run by their employer at concessional or subsidised rates (this is prevalent, for example, in tea garden areas) will not be considered as purchase from ration/fair price shop.