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Reserve Prices for Wheat and Rice 2025/26
July 25 , 2025
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- The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD), a statutory body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and the Public Distribution, has fixed the reserve prices of wheat and rice.
- It has not announced what quantities of these grains will be sold in the open market, that will be decided by the Food Corporation of India (FCI).
- Reserve price is the minimum price at which the FCI sells from the Central Pool under the Open Market Sale Scheme-Domestic (OMSS-D) in the open market through e-auctions.
- The FCI procures, stores, and distributes foodgrains through the Public Distribution System (PDS).
- The scheme is used by the FCI to offer grains, mainly wheat and rice, in the open market by e-auction as a mechanism.
- This mechanism helps to ensure the foodgrain availability, controls inflation, and supports farmers by maintaining minimum price levels.
- India had recorded a wheat production of 117 million tonnes in 2024-25, a record high.
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