Central Issue Price Context: The Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution assured yesterday of no change in CIP amidst concern after the Economy survey talked of revision in it. Concept: The CIP is the price at which the government makes available food grains for the beneficiaries of the National Food […]

    CENTRAL ISSUE PRICE Subject: Agriculture Context : Observing that the food subsidy is becoming “unmanageably large”, the Economic Survey 2020-21 has recommended the revision of Central Issue Prices (CIP) of food grains released from the central pool, which have been unchanged for the last several years. Concept: The CIP is the price at […]