"Will the non-biological Prime Minister apologise to the tax-payers of India, for inflating the food bill subsidy by an estimated Rs16000- Rs18000 crore, by stopping the sale of excess rice stock to Karnataka and other states?" the senior Congress leader questioned.
Rice retailers, wholesalers and processors are asked that, beginning next Friday, they disclose their stock holdings, Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary Department of Food and Public, said.
Mauritius has already received the mentioned consignment, with an additional 795 metric tonnes expected in the Mauritian waters within the next 4 to 5 days, Minister Chukowry revealed in a statement.
Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Thursday that the Centre had stocks of rice available but with a political motive they have stopped it across the country, not only for Karnataka in order to scuttle state’s efforts to implement the Anna Bhagya scheme.
The government has sufficient food grain stocks under the central pool to meet the requirement of the country's food security program, additional allocation from PMGKAY, and other welfare schemes.
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Shares of companies dealing in rice such as KRBL, Chaman Lal Setia and LT Foods slumped on Friday after India banned the export of broken rice and curbed shipments of some varieties.