Prudent Management of Foodgrain Stocks

To ensure adequate availability of wheat and rice in central pool, to keep a check on the open market prices, to augment the domestic availability and to ensure food security, the Central Government has taken following steps for prudent management of foodgrains stocks:

• Steps have been taken to maximize procurement of wheat and rice and MSP of wheat and paddy has been increased successively.
• State Governments, particularly through the Decentralized Procurement (DCP), are encouraged to maximize procurement of wheat and rice by taking up procurement of paddy from farmers by State Agencies.
• Strategic reserves of 5 million tonnes of food grains over the ....