Area
India
Commodity Group
Rice
Commodity
All
Date
01/06/2016
Policy Category
Consumption and marketing
Policy Instrument
Food subsidies
Description
Approved an additional monthly allocation of 42 000 tonnes of foodgrains for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and of 20 500 tonnes for Above Poverty Line (APL) families for distribution in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Nagaland until June 2016, or until the National Food Security Act is implemented in these states.
