Govt Procurement
Govt to reduce broken rice procurement to 10% from Oct, says food secy
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NEW DELHI – The government is planning to reduce the percentage of broken rice in its procurement to 10% from the current 25% starting October, Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said at Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers event in New Delh on Monday. The idea is to reduce the broken grain percentage, normally 25%, in the rice procured for the central pool.
"The rice which Food Corp. of India currently procures has broken rice percentage of up to 25%. We are now doing an experiment beginning October, to bring down the percentage of broken rice to 10(%)," Chopra said.
As per the secretary, the government will conduct this experiment to reduce the broken percentage to 10% in 5 states including Punjab, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh. The 15% excess broken rice generated will be auctioned at the mill level, which can be utilised by industries such as ethanol and feed, the secretary said. End
Reported by Pallavi Singhal and Anand JC
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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