New Delhi, August 19: While the ban on export of non-basmati rice by private firms will continue for another three months, government-run public sector undertakings will export 2.25 lakh tonne of broken rice to African nations in the coming months.
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Foodgrain decided on August 5 to honour commitment approved by its chairman — external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee — to African nations for “diplomatic and strategic reasons” even though food ministry officials said that it would reduce domestic availability of cattle and poultry feed.
Full story in Indian Express August 20, 2008 – www.indianexpress.com
