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Clearing the muddle of rising food prices

The latest data on foodgrains production released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, estimate that wheat production in India would fall by 1 million tonnes to 74.81 million tonnes compared with the previous estimates. Though it is not a marked decline compared with the previous estimates, what is significant is that it comes on the back of lowest grain stocks held by the Food Corporation of India during the current year.