Under the National Food Security Act, Karnataka received 2.17 lakh metric tonnes (LMTs) of foodgrains per month upto June FY23, as against the all-India allocation of 371.53 LMT of foodgrains, said Bhupendra Singh Bhati, General Manager, at Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) Karnataka office in Bengaluru.
Also, for the last one year, a quantity of 1.69 LMTs of fortified rice has been issued from depots under the divisional offices of FCI Karnataka, under various welfare schemes. “There is no damaged foodgrain stocks accrued in Karnataka region in the past one year,’‘ Mr. Bhati observed.
For the last one year, a quantity of 22,24,404 MTs of non-fortified rice has been issued under various government schemes and also for ethanol production in Karnataka. For 2022-23, a total of 43.85 LMT of food grains has been moved to the State. During 2023-24, a total of 6.03 LMT of foodgrains has been moved into the State till June 2023. Also, a total of 0.05 LMT of foodgrain stocks were moved to UT Lakshadweep islands from Mangalore port by ocean vessels for the PDS beneficiaries during the FY 2022-23, he added.
