Chhattisgarh CM writes to Centre, seeks procurement of rice by FCI
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel wrote to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal and urged him to give permission as per the ‘in-principle approval’ for procurement of 26 lakh metric tonnes of usna (par-boiled) rice and 14 lakh metric tonnes of arwa rice by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21.