 "A labourer sits on sacks of food grains while waiting for customers at a wholesale market in Ahmedabad")
With food grain stocks held by state-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the central pool hit a six- year high, the government plans to increase allocations to below-poverty-line (BPL) families and raise the open market sale scheme (OMSS) to liquidate inventory.
Informed sources said that the Union Ministry of Food convened a meeting of all stakeholders, including officials from the Union Ministry of Finance and Union Ministry of Agriculture, to consider options for liquidating food grain stocks, which currently stand at a six-year high if 74 million tonnes, under FCI’s management.
A few participants suggested an increase in allocations
