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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Granaries overflowing, Food dept's SOS to MEA: Send wheat, rice as aid to deserving countries -Harikishan Sharma

Granaries overflowing, Food dept's SOS to MEA: Send wheat, rice as aid to deserving countries -Harikishan Sharma

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published Published on Oct 15, 2019   modified Modified on Oct 15, 2019
-The Indian Express

Procurement of wheat and rice in the central pool has been increasing over the years, leading to accumulation of surplus stock of wheat and rice with FCI. As a result, stocks of food grain in the central pool continue to remain much in excess of stocking norms.

With Food Corporation of India granaries overflowing, the government is looking to liquidate its grain stocks to prevent damage and minimise the carrying cost in the country beyond the requirement. In fact, the Food Ministry wants the Ministry of External Affairs to look at the option of presenting the surplus grain stocks as “humanitarian aid to deserving countries”.

Sources told The Indian Express: “The Department of Food and Public Distribution has requested the Ministry of External Affairs to explore the possibility of export of wheat and rice from the surplus stock available with FCI, through G2G (government-to-government) basis in the form of humanitarian aid to deserving countries.”

Earlier this year, a committee of secretaries too recommended that the possibility of offering surplus stocks of wheat in the form of aid to deserving countries be explored in coordination with the MEA. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution had made similar request to the MEA at least twice in the last two years.

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The Indian Express, 15 October, 2019, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/granaries-overflowing-food-depts-sos-to-mea-send-wheat-rice-as-aid-to-deserving-countries-6069238/


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