Low-cost festive cheer: Middle class to get 30 lakh tonnes PDS wheat
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02/07/2008
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Economic Times (New Delhi)
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