it should be noted that the nfsa extends an already large food distribution programme which previously covered about of india s population for consumers data on the consumption profile of the average recipient of nfsa food grain is not available if it is assumed that the average recipient consumes kg of rice kg of wheat and kg of coarse grain average per capita disappearance in then the programmes provision of kg pa assuming no change in the offer prices in the rates of inflation and of the usd exchange rate the effective subsidy in this projection rises to inr usd pa a detailed analysis of the nfsa is beyond the scope of this outlook but anticipating its overall impact on markets is nevertheless required