National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP), New Delhi - 110 012.
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1 The paper has been extracted from ‘Review of the Existing Buffer Stocking Policy’ submitted by NCAP to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, New Delhi.
Demand for foodgrains has been estimated for India for the years 2011–12, 2016–17 and 2021–22, by accounting for the factors like urbanization, regional variations in consumption pattern, shifts in dietary pattern and income distribution, limit on energy requirement and changes in tastes and preferences of consumers for food varieties. Indirect demand including ‘home away demand’ has also been considered in working out these food demand projections. Policy scenario has been presented and yield targets for the years 2011–12, 2016–17 and 2021–22 have been projected to meet the demand of foodgrams in these years.
