That is roughly 0.3% of the power of the 180-decibel cut-off point that the operational system would have.

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It suggests that, even though much of the country is cut off from the food-distribution system, rural dwellers survive precariously through subsistence farming.

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Millions of current pensioners, and those who qualify before the cut-off date, will continue to receive their entitlement under the current system.

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