The country's food reserve dropped to 8.8 lakh tonnes on Sunday, despite bumper grain production in the last fiscal year.

The reasons include the government's failure to attain its boro procurement target and increased distribution of cereal among the people affected by the pandemic and recurring floods.

On July 1 last year, the food stock under the government's disposal stood at 16.74 lakh tonnes, which came down to 11.88 lakh tonnes within exactly a year.

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