Malaysia to procure 5,00,000 metric tonnes of white rice from India
Malaysia is set to submit a request to India to procure an additional 5,00,000 metric tonnes of white rice, the country’s agriculture minister said.
Malaysia is set to submit a request to India to procure an additional 5,00,000 metric tonnes of white rice, the country’s agriculture minister said.
The consumer affairs, food and public distribution ministry has decided to sell Bharat Atta and Bharat Rice at subsidized rates through mobile vans at different railway stations, across the country ahead of the general elections.
The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies department has intensified checking at state's border with Kerala to prevent the smuggling of ration rice.
A total of 2.01 LMT wheat from 481 depots and 4.87 LMT rice from 264 depots was offered from across the country, an official release said on Thursday.
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In an initiative to facilitate distribution of 'fortified rice' to 15.05 crore beneficiaries of the Centre's Rice Fortification Scheme, covered under the National Food Security Act across Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has started allotting paddy to only those rice mills in the state which have blenders installed.
The President said that though India is the leading consumer and exporter of rice today, the situation was different when the nation became free.
The ban on exports assumes significance as it appears that the overall sown area under paddy this Kharif season could be lower than that of last year. This can have an impact on both crop prospects as well as prices going forward.
Citing the case of children falling sick in Jhankarpali village in Khaprakhol Block of Bolangir district after consuming fortified rice, the activists including prominent public health doctors, nutritionist and social scientists have sought for the suspension of fortified rice supply in the State.
