AreaIndia

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date01/07/2010

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFood subsidies

DescriptionMore than 3 million tonnes of food grain distributed by government since May 2010 to targeted poor families, with an additional 457 000 tonnes of food grain, 182 000 tonnes of rice and 274 000 tonnes of wheat distributed to above-poverty-line families.