The owners of fair price shops in Gujarat called off their strike on Thursday after the state government promised to look into their demands after Diwali.
The owners of around 17,000 public distribution system (PDS) shops had on Wednesday gone on indefinite strike accusing the government of going back on its promise to pay a minimum monthly commission of Rs 20,000 to them irrespective of the number of ration card holders a shop served.
The government later added a clause that only those shops serving less than 300 card holders would be eligible for the commission.