This information is for you if you also benefit from the free ration program offered by the federal and provincial governments. You should be aware of the most recent rationing update from the Central Government. Yes, in accordance with the most recent information, the federal government no longer sells rice and wheat to the state governments under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS). Some states, notably Karnataka, which gives the needy free food grains, will be impacted by this decision.
Karnataka’s government has already been notified.
However, the Centre has already informed the Karnataka government of this choice. For its OMSS programme without an e-auction. Karnataka requested 13,819 tonnes of rice for the month of July at a price of Rs 3,400 per quintal. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) announced in a statement that “The sale of wheat and rice under OMSS (Domestic) to the State Governments has been stopped.”
These states will continue to receive affordable grains.
For North-Eastern states, states with hills, and states that have experienced natural disasters, the sale will continue under OMSS at a rate of Rs 3,400 per quintal. In order to lower market prices, FCI may provide rice to private dealers under OMSS from the central pool stock. The release of rice wheat under the OMSS programme was announced by the Centre on June 12 in order to lower the open market price while putting a stock restriction on wheat through March 31, 2024.
Let us inform you that the government had declared
the sale of 15 lakh tonnes of wheat under OMSS from the central pool to flour mills, independent traders, and producers of wheat products through electronic auction. The amount of rice available for these dealers to sell under OMSS. However, was not predetermined. The OMSS strategy for 2023 had been introduced by the Central Government on January 26. In accordance with this, states were permitted to purchase wheat and rice from FCI for their programmes without taking part in an electronic auction.
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