Strategic reserves of 5 million tons of food grains over the existing buffer norms have been maintained to be used in extreme situations.
Sale of wheat and rice is undertaken through Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) (Domestic) to check inflationary trend of food in market.
Allocation of Foodgrains 7.47 During the Financial Year 2020-21, allocation of foodgrains has been done through two channels
1. National Food Security Act (NFSA)- is being implemented in all the 36 States/ UTs.
2. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) scheme- for additional allocation of foodgrains from the Central Pool at the rate of 5 kg per person per month free of cost for all the beneficiaries covered under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) (AAY & PHH). One Nation One Ration Card
The Department of Food & Public Distribution in collaboration with all States/UTs is implementing a central sector scheme namely “Integrated Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS)” the validity of which is extended up to 31.03.2022.
The main objective of the scheme is to introduce nation-wide portability of ration card under National Food Security Act (NFSA) Food Subsidy.
The difference between the per quintal economic cost and the per quintal Central Issue Price (CIP) gives the quantum of per quintal food subsidy.
The CIP of wheat and rice for NFSA beneficiaries has not been revised since the introduction of the Act in 2013 from Rs. 200 per quintal in case of wheat and Rs. 300 per quintal in case of rice. (economic cost of wheat for FCI operations- Rs. 2683.84 per quintal in 2020-21 and economic cost of rice- Rs. 3723.76 per quintal in 2020-21) Storage.
The total storage capacity available with FCI and state agencies for storage of foodgrains as on 31.12.2020 was 819.19 LMT, comprising covered godowns of 669.10 LMT and Covered and Plinth (CAP) facilities of 150.09 LMT.
Out of the total available storage capacity of 819.19 LMT, FCI has a capacity of 407.76 LMT while state agencies have a capacity of 411.43 LMT.
Central Warehousing Corporation CWC is operating 423 warehouses throughout the country with a total operational storage capacity of around 117 lakh MT.
Other imp points The delays due to APMC regulations result in large post-harvest losses to the tune of 4-6% in cereals and pulses, 7-12% in vegetables and 6-18% in fruits. Total post-harvest losses were estimated at Rs. 44,000 crores at 2009 wholesale prices.
The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020-
The farmers will have full power in the contract to fix a sale price of their choice for the produce.
They will receive payment within a maximum of 3 days.
As part of this law, 10000 Farmer Producer Organizations are being formed throughout the country.
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