That is, FCI did not release stocks when prices w'ere high; instead, it kept accumulating stock and its releases did not keep up with accumulation (Gouel, 2013). Saini and Kozicka (2014) show that between 2000 and 2012, production of wheat and rice rose by 29%. However, net availability of food grains over that same period decreased by almost 1%. Indeed, during the years in which India imposed its export bans, this gap even increased by 64%. The level of stocks more than tripled between July 2006 and July 2014 (Figure 3.2). In July 2014, the level of public stocks was 65.3 million tonnes, which was more than double the norm established by the government.