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So Under PDS Demand/Consumption is for

Wheat - 83 Million Tons.

Rice -97 million tons

Production Estimate:

Wheat -93.62 million tonnes.

Rice -104.22 million tonnes

In Wheat, the production is less than the consumption(estimate)

Mind you . this is only PDS distribution figures.

When you go in for National Food security the quantity is bound to increase.

In Rice, the Production is about 5 Million tons more than the projected demand and this gain is only the PDS distribution.

How does the Government prose to meet the shortfall?

By Imports?

Nice, weaken the Rupee further.

In this exercise The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa has correctly pointed out the nonsense of the scheme stating that the Center is cutting down the Central Allocation to Tamil Nadu to the tune one lakh tons and the subsidy is also being reduced.

The beneficiaries are yet to be identified, the mechanism is to be set!