Of the 16.75 lakh tonnes approved for import, 12.19 lakh tonnes were for parboiled rice, while the remaining was sunned rice, according to food ministry documents. Sunned rice, known as "Atap chal ...
While the Centre already approved 8 LMT each of parboiled rice to be procured from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Telangana, it has been decided to procure additional parboiled rice from Punjab. On ...