Fadnavis assures there is adequate stock of rice

Allaying fears of spurt in prices of rice, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said there is adequate stock of rice in state.
Besides this, the state government has purchased fresh rice stock and is now distributing rice to people at Rs 3 per kg through the Public Distribution System, he said in a statement issued here.
Fadnavis stated that the National Food Security scheme covers 7.17 crore population and 68 lakh farmers in 14 suicide prone districts of the state.
"In all, 1.82 lakh metric tonnes of rice will be distributed to 7.68 crore population at Rs 3 per kg through the 52,000 fair price shops in the state," the Chief Minister said.

He termed reports appearing in a section of the media about possibility of rise in prices of rice as "baseless" and added that there is no cause of worry for the people.