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The Union Government Should Revise the NFSC Coverage Numbers
The prices are likely to rise in the private market. In fact, this is something that the union government is responsible for. The NFSC coverage numbers are determined by the census figures. It is the central government's responsibility to conduct the 2021 census of which there is no discussion at the moment. If we were to use the updated census numbers, then automatically about 10 crore more people would have to be added to the PDF and they would have benefited from this free grainthat the PDF is providing.
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