No shortage of foodgrains despite less rainfall: Paswan

June 30, 2014 20:14

Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ramvilas Paswan assured today, that despite warnings of less rainfall predicted by the Met Department, there will not be any shortage of foodgrains in the country.

"The government has enough stock of wheat and rice to meet foodgrain requirements of the country for a year and the country is fully prepared to meet a situation like drought in the event of less rainfall," Paswan said, addressing an even on food security.

Targeting the UPA government for criticising the BJP-led NDA government on the issue of inflation, he said that the present government was in office for nearly 35 days and it is trying to improve the system.

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