Vendor Brij Kishore processes the ration card of a customer at his Fair Price Shop, a government food dispensary in the northern district of Jahangirpuri of New Delhi. The Indian government's new USD19billion food scheme to feed two thirds of the population, as well as the ruling party's political fortunes, largely depend on hundreds of thousands of shopkeepers like Brij Kishore. Robert Schmidt / AFP
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