At the start of the current fiscal year 2025–2026, the country’s warehouses held 17.64 lakh metric tons of rice and wheat—approximately three lakh metric tons more than the same time last fiscal year, reports BSS.
About the government stock, procurement and distribution situation, the Ministry of Food said on July 1,2024 the total stock of rice and wheat in the country was 14.73 lakh metric tons.
Of this, rice stock was 10.60 lakh metric tons while wheat stock was 4.13 lakh metric tons, according to a statement issued by the Chief Adviser's Press Wing on Thursday.
At the beginning of the new fiscal year, rice stock increased to 15.41 lakh metric tons.
Wheat stock decreased to 2.23 lakh metric tons as distribution was higher than the total procurement of wheat collected from domestic sources and import.
Bd-pratidin English/ ANI
