Question

what is buffer stock

Answer 1

Buffer stock means something is reserved for future mainly food when natural calamity occurred.

Answer 2

Buffer stock is the stock of food grains (e.g., wheat,rice etc.) procured by the government through Food Corporation of India (FCI). ... (ii) Government has created buffer stock to distribute these food grains in deficit areas and among the poor section of society at much lower price than market price.