'India to offer 3 MT of wheat to private buyers'

NEW DELHI: India decided to offer 3 million tonnes of wheat to private buyers and an extra 6 million tonnes of grains to states for supply to the poor at cheaper rates, the Food Minister said on Tuesday.

A ministers' panel decided to offer wheat to businesses, and rice and wheat to state governments for distribution, K.V. Thomas told reporters, as the government tries to trim bulging grain stocks.

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