It would require 62 million tonnes of Foodgrains.
Foodgrains/ Procurement/ Food Corporation of India.
Crore every year for packing Foodgrains.
Price control of sugar, Foodgrains and foodstuffs.
National Policy on handling, storage and transportation of Foodgrains.
From that situation,
today we have become self-reliant in agricultural Foodgrains.
At present, we produce fruits and vegetables more than Foodgrains.
Distribution of Foodgrains throughout the country for public distribution system.
Policy regarding additional allocation of Foodgrains for festivals and natural calamities.
This also enables procurement of Foodgrains more suited to the local taste.
The govt should reduce the procurement price of Foodgrains for the current year.
Then, as Joshi suggests, a common national market must be developed for Foodgrains.
Subsidy to State Government on decentralized procurement of Foodgrains under National Food Security Act(NFSA).
Central pool Foodgrains are to be procured by procuring agencies strictly conforming
to these uniform specifications.
Agricultural ministry has projected a 1998- 99 ouput of Foodgrains at more than 200 million tonnes.
The BPL Cardholders can obtain the Foodgrains and fuel from the Ration Cards at low rates.
General category households will be entitled to 20 kg of Foodgrains at half the minimum support price.
Try to remember, there was a time
when the country used to reel under the problem of Foodgrains.
Currently, some states levy purchase tax of 2-5 per cent on Foodgrains, which will be abolished under GST.
On the face of it everything seems fine,
but the country has been importing Foodgrains on a large scale.
As the chart below shows, offtake of Foodgrains(rice and wheat) has barely inched up this year till July.
Initially 10% of indents of jute bags for packing Foodgrains will be placed through reverse auction on GEM portal.
Surprise checks are conducted at Food Storage
Depots by the officers of these cells to ensure the quality of Foodgrains.
Way back in 1961, the per capita availability of Foodgrains was 468.7 grams, while in 1971 it was 468.8 grams.
If we distribute Foodgrains equally among people during the years of surplus production, we will prove to be in deficit.
This year, despite erratic and deficient rainfall, it is projected that we will
produce more than 250 million tons of Foodgrains.
The Government has decided not to hike the prices of Foodgrains sold via public distribution system(PDS) for one more year.
The problem of agriculture and farmers- Although we have become self-reliant in Foodgrains, even today agriculture is the high risk occupation.
The government is
planning to allow production of ethanol from surplus Foodgrains which now sometimes go waste
and also entail expenditure on storage.”.
Initially 10% of the indents of jute bags for packing Foodgrains will be placed through reverse auction on the GeM portal.