Area
India
Commodity Group
Grains
Commodity
All
Date
25/03/2020
Policy Category
Consumption and marketing
Policy Instrument
Government market intervention
Description
Increased the monthly quota of subsidized food grains to beneficiaries of the PDS scheme from 5 to 7 kg for a period of three months from April, in order to ensure a sufficient supply of food grains during the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
