K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution,said apart from the normal TPDS allocation of foodgrains, the Government has made a special adhoc additional allocation of 30.66 lakh ton of foodgrains (13.80 lakh ton of rice and 16.86 lakh ton of wheat) to States and UTs for all accepted number of families (AAY,BPL and APL) under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in May, 2010.
These allocations have been made at a price of Rs.11.85/- per kg for rice and Rs8.45 per kg for wheat. The States/UTs have been allowed to lift the allocated quantities upto 20th November 2010. With this allocation, the consumers will have the benefit of increased availability of foodgrains at subsidized price which will also have impact on the market price of rice and wheat.