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9th Class Social Science Food Security / खाद्य सुरक्षा Question Bank Short Answer Type - Food Security in India

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    Why were the FCI granaries overflowing with food grains and how situation was controlled?

    Answer:

    (i) In July 2002, the stock of wheat and rice with FCI was 63 million tonnes which was much more than the minimum buffer norms of 24.3 million tonnes. 
    (ii) The stock eased after 2002-03 due to relief operations undertaken by the government as the year was declared as drought year due to failure of monsoon.
    (iii) The decline in stocks continued in subsequent years. However, these remained consistently higher than the buffer norms. The situation improved with the distribution of food grains under different schemes launched by the government. 


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