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Kolkata, July 19The All India Fair Price Shop Dealers’ Federation (AIFPSDF) has requested Mr Sharad Pawar, Union Minister for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, to raise allotments of wheat for Public Distribution System over and above what is being currently allotted under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) for the States.

“The request has been made in the wake of the newspaper reports recently quoting Mr Pawar saying that the Centre is contemplating release of six million tonnes of wheat in the open market through the State governments,” Mr Biswambhar Basu, General Secretary, AIFPSDF, told Business Line.

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