date:Mar 11, 2013
grains at cheap prices to the poor.
But finalization of the law has been delayed. The government is now looking at ways to reduce the pressure on storage.
India will likely produce a near-record wheat crop of around 92.3 million metric tons this season, the third straight year of a bumper harvest.
The country's grain stocks currently stand at about 66 million tons, more than three times the minimum volume to be maintained under government rules.