CCEA approves additional allocation of wheat and rice under Open Market Sale Scheme – Domestic

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Government of India

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)

10-November-2012 12:20 IST

CCEA has approved allocation of 65 lakh tonnes of wheat for tender sale by FCI to bulk consumers/traders and allocation of 5 lakh tonnes wheat and 5 lakh tonnes rice for sale to retail consumers through State/UT governments and national cooperatives like NAFED NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar under Open Market Sale Scheme – Domestic (OMSS(D)).

The sale of wheat/rice under OMSS(D) will increase the availability of these commodities in the market and will have moderating influence on prices of wheat and rice in the open market.

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