Central foodgrain policy soon: Shanta

Bhubaneswar, Jan 7: The government would come out with a new foodgrain policy very soon, and the expert committee set up to work out the details was expected to submit its report within a month, Union food minister Shanta Kumar said here on Monday.

The expert committee would recommend guidelines for formulation of a new foodgrain policy which would benefit all farmers of all states, Mr Kumar said, adding the committee was expected to submit its report within a month, and the new policy would be announced thereafter.

The present policy was framed when the country had food scarcity, but the situation had changed now as there was surplus foodgrain now, he pointed out.

— PTI