buffer stocking policy of foodgrains for x plan

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) in its meeting last evening approved the minimum buffer stocking norms for the remaining period of X Plan as follows:-

Figures in lakh tonnes)




Rice
Wheat
Total

April 1
122
40
162

July 1
98
171
269

October 1
52
110
162

January 1
118
82
200


The following minimum Buffer Stock norms were prescribed by the Government for IX Plan Period:

(Figures in lakh tonnes)




Rice
Wheat
Total

April 1
118
40
158

July 1
100
143
243

October 1
65
116
181

January 1
84
84
168




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