Additional Rs 1.45 lakh-cr budget for FCI is indicative estimate; food subsidy 'adequate' for procurement: Govt

An extra-budgetary provision of Rs 1.45 lakh crore made to state-run FCI in the Budget for 2023-24 fiscal is an "indicative outlay" of short term working capital, otherwise the food subsidy outlay made for the agency is "adequate" to cover all the anticipated procurement costs for PDS, according to the food ministry.

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