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NEW DELHI: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) had stock of around 60.6 million tonnes of wheat and rice as on Friday, which the government claimed was enough to meet the requirement under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and to provide free additional grains to the identified poor till June.
The Centre is bearing the entire cost of Rs 46,000 crore for providing three months additional foodgrains to the poor for free.
Food ministry officials said the FCI has 27.6 million tonnes of rice and another 33 million tonnes of wheat. The government needs