Government sells 2.84 lakh tonnes of wheat, 5,830 tonnes of rice from buffer stock

17 Nov 2023 Evaluate

The government has sold 2.84 lakh tonnes of wheat, 5,830 tonnes of rice from its buffer stock to 2,334 bidders at 21st e-auction, which took place on November 15, 2023. The said move aimed at controlling retail prices by offloading food grains in the open market. At the 21st e-auction, 3 lakh tonnes of wheat and 1.79 lakh tonnes of rice were offered under Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) Domestic. The Food Corporation of India, the government's nodal agency for procurement and distribution of food grains, is offloading wheat from its buffer stock under OMSS. 

The weighted average selling price was Rs 2,246.86 per quintal for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) wheat against the reserve price of Rs 2,150 per quintal pan India whereas weighted average selling price of Under Relaxed Specification (URS) wheat was Rs 2,232.35 per quintal against the reserve price of Rs 2,125 per quintal. 

Moreover, 2.5 lakh tonnes of wheat have been allocated to semi-government and cooperative organisations like Kendriya Bhandar, National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) under OMSS (D) for converting wheat to atta and offer it for sale to the public under 'Bharat Atta' brand at a Maximum Retail Price (MRP) not exceeding Rs 27.50 per kilogram. Until November 14 this year, 15,337 tonnes wheat have been lifted by these three cooperative societies for further conversion into atta.

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