in tamil nadu 90 percent of the people living in rural areas use ration shops whereas in west bengla only 35 percent of the people use ration shops tell where the people are better off and why -SST 10th

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Tamil Nadu Because of public facilities development in Tam Nadu is better. It is closely linked to public facilities in West Bengal, all the poor people cannot get good food because of the very poor public distribution system if they cannot get food the mortality rate increases and also the literacy rate decreases. Thus, West Bengal is regarded as less developed than that of Tamilnadu.

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