date:May 17, 2012
Ts may be allocated on the recommendations of the committee headed by D P Wadhwa, retired justice. In pursuance of the above directions of Supreme Court and on the recommendations of the committee, the government has allocated a quantity of 23.69 lakh tonnes and 15.40 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat for the additional BPL and AAY families in the identified poorest districts in 27 states during 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively. The above includes 1,473 tonnes of foodgrains allocated in February 201