Wheat stocks likely to be at 134 lakh tonnes at start of next fiscal: Govt

25 Jul 2022 Evaluate

The government has said wheat stocks in FCI godowns are likely to be 134 lakh tonnes at the start of next fiscal, 80 per cent more than the buffer norm. Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal said the central pool stock of wheat as on July 1, 2022 is well above the foodgrains stocking norms. He said as on July 1, 2022, Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state government agencies have 285.10 lakh tonnes of wheat stock under central pool against the stocking norm of 275.80 lakh tonnes. In the current 2022-23 marketing year, he said the procurement of wheat has been about 188 lakh tonnes.

Goyal said ‘…it is expected that even after meeting out the requirement of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (up to September 2022) and Public Distribution System, the projected wheat stock as on April 1, 2023 would be 134 lakh tonnes against the stocking norm of 74.6 lakh tonnes’. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY), 5 kilograms free of cost foodgrains per person is distributed to around 80 crore people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). This is over and above regular distribution of subsidised NFSA foodgrains (i.e. 35 kg per Antyodaya Anna Yojana family per month and 5 kg per month for priority household beneficiary). The scheme, which was introduced first in April 2020, has been extended till September this year.

Goyal pointed out that wheat production estimate was revised to lower side due to early summer this year. He also said there was a rise in global prices of wheat due to various geo-political reasons. He said ‘the government is committed to providing for the food security requirements of India first and also support the neighbouring and other vulnerable developing countries which are adversely affected by the sudden changes in the global market for wheat and are unable to access adequate wheat supplies’. Therefore, he said, the central government amended the export policy of wheat from free to prohibited.

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