Release Of Extra Wheat For Festive Season Announced

He also said the states had been asked to take effective measures to curb black-marketing and hoarding of foodgrains. They have been advised to use the Essential Commodities Act and other legal measures to bring hoarders to the book.

The total stocks in the Central grain kitty, projected at 20.1 million tonnes on October 1, would be higher than the 16.6 million tonnes required for food security, he said in a press conference yesterday. He said wheat exports had now stopped, but, last year