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Low-cost festive cheer: Middle class to get 30 lakh tonnes PDS wheat

Nidhi Nath Srinivas NEW DELHI THE government may once again start selling wheat to the middle class. Nervous at the climbing grain prices, there is a proposal to pump in 30 lakh tonnes into the market through ration shops that would be meant just for the abovepoverty-line (APL) families. With the festival season slated to start early this year