The Centre has allocated an additional 4,000 tonnes of wheat and rice for relief measures in flood-affected Uttarakhand.
According to a senior official from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), “We have received an order from food ministry to allocate an additional 2,000 tonnes of wheat and rice each to Uttarakhand at an economic cost”.
The economic cost means the minimum support price (MSP) plus other charges incurred during procurement and storage.
Currently, the economic cost of wheat is around Rs 19 per kg and that of rice Rs 24-25 per kg.
Uttarakhand has been told to lift the additional allocation in the next 50 days, the official said.