Central pool has 504.99 lakh tons foodgrains

The stock of foodgrains in the Central Pool as on 1.12.2015 was 504.99 lakh tons comprising of 236.20 lakh tons of rice (including paddy in terms of rice) and 268.79 lakh tons of wheat as against the foodgrains stocking norms for Central Pool of 307.70 lakh tons comprising of 102.50 lakh tons of rice and 205.20 lakh tons of wheat which is adequate to meet the requirement under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and Other Welfare Schemes (OWS) as per the existing level of allocation as well as to contain market price. Based on the current allocation norms, the estimated allocation of wheat and rice under TPDS for the ensuing year is likely to be 298.35 lakh tons of rice and 250.16 lakh tons of wheat.

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