A food policy failure

Blame it on policy mismanagement. What deserves to be good news has turned into a disturbingly embarrassing development. The country is estimated to have touched a record level of foodgrain output in fiscal 2012. The total food stock with government agencies is expected to cross 75 million tonnes (mt) by the end of the current procurement season. However, these agencies only have covered storage capacity for just about 50 mt, resulting, once again in the danger of foodgrains wasted away to the elements.

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