Andhra Pradesh Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Nara Nandendla Manohar, announced that three internal check posts have been established in the Visakhapatnam port area to ensure continuous inspection of vehicles transporting rice.
India's basmati rice exports have received a major push with the Uttar Pradesh government enforcing a fresh ban on the use of eleven pesticides that damage the crop's quality and block its entry into key foreign markets.