Govt rejects TN, Karnataka call for for rice at reasonable price

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NEW DELHI: The Union govt has refused to provide in to the call for of southern states to take part within the open marketplace gross sales scheme (OMSS) of rice and wheat. The Central govt has stated its number one purpose is to keep watch over meals grain inflation to provide reduction to the 60 crore inhabitants dependent available on the market for grains.

The Centre’s choice has put states comparable to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka at the receiving finish. Those states wanted further grains to fulfill the call for in their quite a lot of schemes and have been keen to take part within the open marketplace gross sales scheme.

The Tamil Nadu govt calls for further 20,000 metric tonnes of rice from the Meals Company of India to fortify its common meals safety programme. Lately, after returning to energy, the Congress-led Karnataka govt deliberate to supply unfastened 10 kg rice to the eligible ‘underneath poverty line’ households beneath its bold Anna Bhagya Programme. For this, Karnataka govt required 2.28 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of rice.

Underneath the Nationwide Meals Safety, the Union govt supplies inexpensive grains to 80 crore folks.

“The federal government’s effort is to supply meals grains to the remainder of the 60 crore inhabitants of the rustic at a cheap price,” stated Ashik Okay Meena, leader managing director, Meals Company of India. The Central govt is anxious in regards to the inflationary development of grains. After no longer attaining the procurement goal, the federal government has taken a sequence of steps to keep watch over grain inflation.

Lately, the Centre has put the inventory restrict on wheat and deliberate to dump 15 LMT of wheat and 5 LMT of rice to the open marketplace in a bid to deliver down the costs. There are 87 LMT of wheat and 292 LMT  of rice in inventory, which is over and above the buffer requirement.

“Along with offloading grains via open marketplace gross sales scheme, we also are bearing in mind lowering import responsibility on wheat,” stated Meena. The present import responsibility on wheat is 40 in line with cent. The Central govt will get started offloading 5 LMT of rice into the marketplace from July 5 beneath the open marketplace gross sales scheme. The bottom worth of rice might be Rs 3,100 in line with quintal. 

The e-auction of wheat will get started on July 1. The federal government has set a restrict of 10 MT to house the small and marginal investors and processors. The bidding could also be restricted to native consumers by way of making sure that simplest state GST-registered consumers can opt for it of their respective states.

Final week, Karnataka Leader Minister Siddaramaiah stated that round 1.50 lakh metric tonnes of rice is to be had in Chhattisgarh for the ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme, however the transportation price of the rice to Karnataka is prime. 

The Karnataka Leader Minister’s commentary comes amid the state’s steady makes an attempt to obtain rice, after the Central govt allegedly stalled the provision of wheat and rice to the state.

NEW DELHI: The Union govt has refused to provide in to the call for of southern states to take part within the open marketplace gross sales scheme (OMSS) of rice and wheat. The Central govt has stated its number one purpose is to keep watch over meals grain inflation to provide reduction to the 60 crore inhabitants dependent available on the market for grains.

The Centre’s choice has put states comparable to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka at the receiving finish. Those states wanted further grains to fulfill the call for in their quite a lot of schemes and have been keen to take part within the open marketplace gross sales scheme.

The Tamil Nadu govt calls for further 20,000 metric tonnes of rice from the Meals Company of India to fortify its common meals safety programme. Lately, after returning to energy, the Congress-led Karnataka govt deliberate to supply unfastened 10 kg rice to the eligible ‘underneath poverty line’ households beneath its bold Anna Bhagya Programme. For this, Karnataka govt required 2.28 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of rice.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Underneath the Nationwide Meals Safety, the Union govt supplies inexpensive grains to 80 crore folks.

“The federal government’s effort is to supply meals grains to the remainder of the 60 crore inhabitants of the rustic at a cheap price,” stated Ashik Okay Meena, leader managing director, Meals Company of India. The Central govt is anxious in regards to the inflationary development of grains. After no longer attaining the procurement goal, the federal government has taken a sequence of steps to keep watch over grain inflation.

Lately, the Centre has put the inventory restrict on wheat and deliberate to dump 15 LMT of wheat and 5 LMT of rice to the open marketplace in a bid to deliver down the costs. There are 87 LMT of wheat and 292 LMT  of rice in inventory, which is over and above the buffer requirement.

“Along with offloading grains via open marketplace gross sales scheme, we also are bearing in mind lowering import responsibility on wheat,” stated Meena. The present import responsibility on wheat is 40 in line with cent. The Central govt will get started offloading 5 LMT of rice into the marketplace from July 5 beneath the open marketplace gross sales scheme. The bottom worth of rice might be Rs 3,100 in line with quintal. 

The e-auction of wheat will get started on July 1. The federal government has set a restrict of 10 MT to house the small and marginal investors and processors. The bidding could also be restricted to native consumers by way of making sure that simplest state GST-registered consumers can opt for it of their respective states.

Final week, Karnataka Leader Minister Siddaramaiah stated that round 1.50 lakh metric tonnes of rice is to be had in Chhattisgarh for the ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme, however the transportation price of the rice to Karnataka is prime. 

The Karnataka Leader Minister’s commentary comes amid the state’s steady makes an attempt to obtain rice, after the Central govt allegedly stalled the provision of wheat and rice to the state.