The Centre has decided not to hike issue price of foodgrains sold under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) through ration shops for one more year. Under the Food Security Act , there is a provision for revision of issue price every three years.In a series of tweet, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said, by not raising the price, government has shown commitment towards well-being of poor people.<br/><br/>He said, at present, the government supplies highly subsidised foodgrains to over 81 crore people in the country, costing the exchequer about 1.4 lakh crore rupees annually. Under the Act, the government provides rice at 3 rupees per kilogram, wheat at 2 rupees and coarse grains at one rupee per kilogram.