Finance Ministry to Discuss Food Subsidy Bill with Food Ministry

The government spends a lot of money to provide subsidized food, mainly for poor families under a program called the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

However, the government also uses rice for other things like selling it in the open market or making biofuels, which also costs money.

The finance ministry thinks these extra costs shouldn't be counted as part of the main food subsidy because they are too high.

They want to find ways to reduce these costs, like selling less rice in the open market or not using as much for biofuels.

The food ministry, on the other hand, is asking for more money for the subsidy because the cost of storing and handling all the rice and wheat the government buys from farmers has gone up.

This is because farmers are producing more grain than needed, leading to large stockpiles.

Both ministries will meet to discuss how to manage these expenses and the large amount of grain the government is holding.