Though there is a ban on rice exports, India is shipping rice to friendly and neighbouring countries on their request to meet their food security demands
Niranjan Reddy said that the confusion that prevailed over the rice exports as well as the curbs that came into effect on its shipments subsequently smacked of a clear lack of foresight
As the exports of 'red rice' grow, it would enhance the incomes of farming families of the Brahmaputra flood plains, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a release.