India’s rice stocks in the central pool as on Aug- 1, 2018 stood at around 24.94 million tons up by 5.23% from23.70 million tons recorded during the corresponding period last year, according to data from the Food Corporation of India (FCI). India’s rice stocks in the central pool are up by 5.23% by from 23.25 million tons recorded on July-01, 2018. Highest stock could be seen in the state of Punjab (80.61 lakh tons) followed by Andhra Pradesh (19.58 lakh tons) and Haryana (17.16 lakh tons) and Uttar Pradesh (14.48 Lakh Tons). The higheststock recorded of 339.6lakh tons recordedin Feb-2018.