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MP: Parboiled rice has export potential
Apr 25, 2022

BJD Rajya Sabha member Amar Patnaik has questioned Centre’s decision not to procure parboiled rice from the state despite its huge export potential.
 
In a letter to Union food minister Piyush Goyal, the MP said non-basmati rice, including parboiled rice, has been exported to 152 countries, the combined value of which is $2,307.39 million.
 
Patnaik said official data from the Centre revealed that approximately $3,000 million of non-basmati rice was exported every year from 2017-18 onwards until last year. In the last six seasons, export of parboiled rice has increased from 34.42 lakh MT in 2015-16 to 61.75 lakh MT in 2020-21, he added.
 
Since there is such a huge export potential, it is not understandable as to why the Centre and Food Corporation of India are refusing to procure the surplus parboiled rice from Odisha, which can also be fortified if required for export to other countries, claimed Patnaik.
 
The BJD has also raised the issue several times in Parliament while party MPs had in the past met the Union food minister over the issue.
 
Bhubaneswar: BJD Rajya Sabha member Amar Patnaik has questioned Centre’s decision not to procure parboiled rice from the state despite its huge export potential.
 
In a letter to Union food minister Piyush Goyal, the MP said non-basmati rice, including parboiled rice, has been exported to 152 countries, the combined value of which is $2,307.39 million.
Patnaik said official data from the Centre revealed that approximately $3,000 million of non-basmati rice was exported every year from 2017-18 onwards until last year. In the last six seasons, export of parboiled rice has increased from 34.42 lakh MT in 2015-16 to 61.75 lakh MT in 2020-21, he added.
 
Since there is such a huge export potential, it is not understandable as to why the Centre and Food Corporation of India are refusing to procure the surplus parboiled rice from Odisha, which can also be fortified if required for export to other countries, claimed Patnaik.
 
The BJD has also raised the issue several times in Parliament while party MPs had in the past met the Union food minister over the issue.
    
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