While the record wheat procurement this year has made the government realise the need to have more storage capacity, a projection for the implementation of the proposed food security law in the last two years of the UPA-II indicates that the government stocks may fall well below buffer norms at the time of next general elections in April 2014.
An estimate of food grain budget submitted by the F
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/procure-more-or-face-shortage-fci-tells-govt
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-food-civil-supplies
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-storage
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
