Rice Export Ban: Government's big decision amid rising inflation, ban on rice export, ban effective from today

Newz Fast, New Delhi: The government has also issued an order for this, apart from this, the government has also imposed an export duty of 20% on non-basmati rice except for rice.

Due to the rising price of rice in the country, the central government has taken a big step. Let us tell you that the government has banned the export of broken rice.

The government has also issued an order for this, apart from this, the government has also imposed an export duty of 20% on non-basmati rice except for rice.

The ban came into effect today
This notification has been issued by Director General of Foreign Trade Santosh Kumar Sarangi.
According to this notification, a ban has been imposed on the export of broken rice from today i.e. September 9 and also 20% duty has been imposed on the export of various grades.

Let us tell you that India is the largest producer of rice after China. India's share in the global trade of rice is 40%. In this case, the government took this decision to increase the domestic supply.

The Ministry of Agriculture has released the latest data. According to these data, the paddy sowing area has decreased by 5.62% to 38 3.99 lakh hectares so far in the current Kharif season. .

India exports rice to more than 150 countries
India exported 2.12 crore tonnes of rice in the financial year 2021-22. It contained 39.4 tonnes of basmati rice.
According to the data, the export of non-basmati rice in this period was 6.11 billion dollars. India has exported non-basmati rice to more than 150 countries of the world in 2021-22.