General Studies · Data Sufficiency

Study the following passage carefully and answer the question: There is more bad news on food front. It now appears certain that there will be a shortfall of about 9 million tonnes in the food production in the current kharif season, which in turn means 5 million tonnes less than the production achieved in the last kharif season. H owever, rice procurement may only be partia lly affected since West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have had sufficient rainfall while Punjab, the major contributor to the central pool is less dependent on rainfall. Still, the overall availability of rice may go down b y more than four million tonnes. There may be worst news ahead. Inference: Western countries have well-equipped laboratory tests to detect rabies.