In financial year 2024, the Indian government would spend nearly four thousand Indian rupees per quintal to distribute rice across India. Comparatively, the cost for distributing wheat stood at 2.7 thousand Indian rupees per quintal that same year. Food was allocated mainly under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
Cost of food distribution by government in India from financial year 2019 to 2022, with estimates until 2024, by type
(in Indian rupees per quintal)
India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2021 started in April 2020 and ended in March 2021.
One Indian rupee is equal to 0.012 U.S. dollars and 0.011 euros (as of May 2023).
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DFPD. (March 31, 2023). Cost of food distribution by government in India from financial year 2019 to 2022, with estimates until 2024, by type (in Indian rupees per quintal) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1383489/india-cost-of-food-distribution-by-government-by-type/
DFPD. "Cost of food distribution by government in India from financial year 2019 to 2022, with estimates until 2024, by type (in Indian rupees per quintal)." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1383489/india-cost-of-food-distribution-by-government-by-type/
DFPD. (2023). Cost of food distribution by government in India from financial year 2019 to 2022, with estimates until 2024, by type (in Indian rupees per quintal). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1383489/india-cost-of-food-distribution-by-government-by-type/
DFPD. "Cost of Food Distribution by Government in India from Financial Year 2019 to 2022, with Estimates until 2024, by Type (in Indian Rupees per Quintal)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1383489/india-cost-of-food-distribution-by-government-by-type/
DFPD, Cost of food distribution by government in India from financial year 2019 to 2022, with estimates until 2024, by type (in Indian rupees per quintal) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1383489/india-cost-of-food-distribution-by-government-by-type/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Cost of food distribution by government in India from financial year 2019 to 2022, with estimates until 2024, by type (in Indian rupees per quintal) [Graph], DFPD, March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1383489/india-cost-of-food-distribution-by-government-by-type/