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Lower PDS grain prices, suggests food ministry [1]

To improve offtake of foodgrain allocated to states under the targeted public distribution system (PDS) and other schemes, the food ministry has mooted a proposal to sell wheat and rice to below poverty line (BPL) families at Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kilogram, respectively.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2011
Sanjeeb Mukherjee [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Public Distribution System (PDS) [4], Wheat [5], Rice [6], Food Security [7], Ministry Of Agriculture [8], Subsidies [9], Food Policy [10], Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies [11]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sanjeeb-mukherjee
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-food-civil-supplies