The government has said that sufficient stocks are available in central pool to meet the requirement of National Food Security Act, NFSA and other schemes of it as well as for additional requirement of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, PMGKAY.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in a statement today informed that as on 1st of this month, approximately 227 lakh metric tonne of wheat and 205 lakh metric tonne of rice are available in the Central pool which is well above the buffer norms or operational requirement.
It said, as per the estimation, on 1st of April next year, approximately 113 lakh metric tonne wheat and 237 lakh metric tonne rice will be available in the central pool after meeting all the requirements, against the buffer norms or operational requirement of 75 lakh metric tonne of wheat and 136 lakh metric tonne of rice.
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