Setting a record of sorts, the Civil Supplies Department has successfully collected the full quota of custom-milled rice (CMR) from millers during last season of kharif and rabi in 2016-17. The Department ensured submission of 99.99% of CMR during kharif while it was 99.98% during Rabi. As a result, it recorded submission of 25.26 lakh metric tonnes of rice against the 37.2 lakh metric tonne allotted to millers during Rabi marking 99.98% while millers returned 11.04 lakh metric tonnes of rice for 16.48 lakh metric tonnes paddy allotted to them during kharif season. The Government had procured 15.8 lakh metric tonnes of paddy during the current season and allotted it to millers. Millers returned 7.16 lakh metric tonne rice of the estimated 10.59 lakh metric tonnes so far.

Source: The Hindu December 27, 2017 14:37 UTC