FCI wheat stock up 49% on year as of Jan 1, rice up 6.3%
This story was originally published at 15:03 IST on 16 January 2026
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--FCI: Jan 1 rice stocks 30.9 mln tn vs 29.1 mln yr ago, 31.2 mln month ago
--FCI: Jan 1 wheat stocks 27.5 mln tn vs 18.4 mln yr ago, 18.4 mln mo ago
--FCI: Total food grain stocks 58.4 mln tn as on Jan 1 vs 47.5 mln year ago
MUMBAI – Food Corp. of India held 27.5 million tonnes of wheat stocks as of Jan. 1, recording a hefty jump of 49% on year, according to FCI data. However, on a monthly basis, the stocks were lower by 7.7%.
The current wheat stocks are well above the buffer norm for the March quarter at 13.8 million tonnes, which includes an operational stock of 10.8 million tonnes and a strategic reserve of 3 million tonnes.
FCI resumed wheat sales through the open market sales scheme on Wednesday, after it temporarily suspended auctions last month due to weak demand amid comfortable market supply. On Wednesday, FCI offered 100,000 tonnes of wheat and sold about 92,000 tonnes. In many key states, such as Punjab, Haryana, and Assam, buyers bought the entire quantity offered, according to sources.
Rice stocks with Food Corp. of India were 30.9 million tonnes as of Jan. 1, up 6.3% on year but down 0.8% on month, the data showed. The current rice stocks are also above the buffer norm of 7.61 million tonnes, comprising operational stock of 5.6 million tonnes and strategic reserve of 2.0 million tonnes.
Total food grain stocks with FCI as of Jan. 1 58.4 million tonnes, up from 47.5 million tonnes a year ago. As of Dec. 1, food grain stocks with the agency were at 60.3 million tonnes, according to the data. The corporation stores essential food grains to ensure food security and to check prices by releasing its stocks through auctions under the open market sales scheme. End
Reported by Abhijit Doshi
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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