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FCI should procure allotted share Badal tells Shanta
2014-11-29 05:50:33| Agriculture - Topix.net
Taking part in discussions with Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Shanta Kumar, who is heading a committee to give suggestions on unbundling of the Food Corporation of India , Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has said the agency should procure its allotted share of foodgrain, which it has reduced drastically in recent times. FCI has, as its allotted share 20% of wheat and 10% of paddy production, but it procures around 15% of wheat and about 5% paddy.
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