Economic Survey says Food Grains position comfortable

The stock position of foodgrains in the country as on January 1, 2008 was 19.2 million tonnes comprising 11.5 million tonnes of rice and 7.7 million tonnes of wheat. This along with projected arrivals of wheat imports would be adequate for meeting the requirement under TPDS and welfare schemes during the current financial year.

This information was given in the Economic Survey-2007-08 presented in Parliament today by the Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram.

Source : Press Information Bureau

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