Concerned over wastage of around 40 lakh tonnes of PAU 201 variety of rice in Punjab, which was rejected by the Food Corporation of India, an empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food will try to find a solution to the vexed issue on Thursday.
Sources said the EGoM headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee might suggest open market sale of the grain stock being held by the Punjab government
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/egom-likely-suggest-open-market-sale-waste-grain
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-storage
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-council-agricultural-research-icar
