Question

what is buffer stock why does the government need need to maintain this​

Answer 1

Answer:

buffer stock:

a reserve of a commodity that can be used to offset price fluctuations

to maintain:

the government maintains buffer food stock in silos to provide food grain in case of food shortage due to disaster or natural calamity.

Answer 2

Answer:

buffer stock is a grain stock in which wheat rice etc are kept for bad situation or crop failure so that no one will die due to food scarcity it is done by fci