India’s rice stocks in the central pool as on May- 1, 2018 stood at around 29.74 million tons up by about 2.30% from around 29.07 million tons recorded during the corresponding period last year. India’s rice stocks in the central pool are down by0.99% about by from around 30.04million tons recorded on April-01, 2018. Highest stock could be seen in the state of Punjab (100.80lakh tons) followed by Uttar Pradesh (22.52Lakh Tons), Andhra Pradesh (19.91lakh tons) and Haryana (21.97lakh tons).