It involves the Food Corporation of India buying foodgrains in the surplus states (offering minimum support prices for rice and wheat), transporting it to 15,000 government godowns (storage facilities) in deficit states, and distributing the foodgrains through over half a million &quot; fair-price shops &quot; , where families are entitled to buy a fixed amount of rice and wheat at subsidized prices.
It involves the Food Corporation of India buying foodgrains in the surplus states (offering minimum support prices for rice and wheat), transporting it to 15,000 government godowns (storage facilities) in deficit states, and distributing the foodgrains through over half a million &quot; fair-price shops &quot; , where families are entitled to buy a fixed amount of rice and wheat at subsidized prices.