No rise in food grain prices for poor covered under NFSA: Piyush Goyal
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Last Updated: Feb 18, 2021, 08:08 PM IST
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The Economic Survey said that as the food subsidy bill is “becoming unmanageably large” and while it is difficult to reduce the economic cost of food management in view of rising commitment towards food security, there is a need to consider the revision of central issue price (CIP) to reduce the bulging food subsidy bill.
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Goyal said that the government is also working towards reducing the cane arrears. The allocation for sugar industry significantly increased to about 6000 crore.