AreaIndia

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date14/05/2022

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentFood subsidies

DescriptionAnnounced that it had adjusted the share of wheat and rice in allocations under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), lowering the proportion of wheat and raising the proportion of rice in equal measure. The revised allocations would be applicable for twelve States and Union Territories, from June 2022 until March 2023.