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Calls for free ration grow as migrants fight hunger -Zia Haq, Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Saubhadra Chatterji

-Hindustan Times

The Union government has allowed charities and states to buy extra stocks of federally held foodgrains at a reserve but cheaper-than-market price as several migrant workers battle a food crisis.

New Delhi: The Union government has allowed charities and states to buy extra stocks of federally held foodgrains at a reserve but cheaper-than-market price as several migrant workers battle a food crisis.

The federally run Food Corporation of India has reserved a price of Rs.20 and Rs.22 per kg of wheat and rice for stock sale outside the public distribution system (PDS), while the regular market prices ranges between Rs.32-Rs.40 a kg and Rs.40-Rs.45 a kg for common varieties of wheat and rice.

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