Salt Trading Corporation Limited’s Makwanpur office sold food items worth more than Rs 800,000 through its subsidised-price shop from Ashoj 1 until the Dashain holidays, offering discounts on sugar, salt, flour and oil compared with market prices. Office chief Madhusudhan Adhikari said the sales during the festive-season period included 60 sacks of sugar, 10 quintals of salt, seven quintals of flour and 500 litres of oil.

Sales covered four essential food items

The subsidised shop’s festive-season sales were spread across four products: sugar, salt, flour and cooking oil. The quantities reported by the office were 60 sacks of sugar, 10 quintals of salt, seven quintals of flour and 500 litres of oil. The total value of the food sold exceeded Rs 800,000, according to Adhikari.

The figures describe both the range of goods made available through the outlet and the quantities sold during the stated period. Sugar was recorded in sacks, salt and flour in quintals, and oil in litres. The office reported the sales as a combined total rather than providing separate sales values for each product, so the contribution of each item to the overall amount was not specified.

The sales period began on Ashoj 1 and continued until the Dashain holidays. The office said the shop was operating as a festive-season subsidised-price outlet, with reduced prices on the listed food items. The report did not specify a calendar year for the period or provide further details about the shop’s operating hours or the number of customers served.

Discounts compared with market prices

Adhikari said the prices at the outlet were lower than market prices by Rs 5 per kilogram for sugar, Rs 2 per kilogram for salt and Rs 7 per kilogram for flour. Oil was discounted by Rs 7 per litre. The reductions were set by product and unit, giving buyers a stated saving on each kilogram or litre purchased through the shop.

The discounts applied to the four food items sold during the period. For sugar, the reported reduction was Rs 5 per kilogram; for salt, it was Rs 2 per kilogram. Flour and oil each carried a discount of Rs 7, measured respectively per kilogram and per litre. The office’s figures compare its subsidised prices with prevailing market prices, but no full price list or individual product prices were provided.

Festive-season outlet

The Makwanpur office’s sales were associated with a shop intended to offer food at subsidised prices during the festive season. Its reported activity ran from the start of Ashoj through the Dashain holidays, and the sales included staples as well as oil. The total value of more than Rs 800,000 and the quantities sold were reported by the office chief.

The figures provide a snapshot of the outlet’s sales over that period, but do not include a comparison with sales in other years or with purchases made outside the subsidised shop. The office also did not report how much stock had initially been available, whether any products sold out, or whether the discounts would continue after the Dashain holidays. The reported information is limited to the four items sold, their quantities, the per-unit discounts and the overall sales value.