The Government of India has allocated 61.45 million tons (MT) of foodgrains during the current year, for Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)/ National Food Security Act (NFSA), Other Welfare Schemes (OWS), natural calamities etc.
This includes additional allocation of 5 MT of foodgrains allocated during July, 2014 for Above Poverty Line (APL) and Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. In addition, 10 MT of wheat has been allocated under Open Market Sales Schemes Domestic (OMSS (D)) during the current year. Out of 5 MT of additional TPDS foodgrains and 10 MT of OMSS (D) wheat allocations, total lifting up to February was 2.94 MT and 3.95 MT respectively.
The stock of foodgrains in the Central Pool as on February 16, 2015 was 35.37 MT against the minimum buffer norms of 21.41 MT for January-March quarter.