Keen to control food inflation, govt mandates rice stock disclosure In order to manage the overall food inflation and to prevent unscrupulous speculation, the Government of India has decided that stock position of Rice/Paddy must be declared by Traders/Wholesalers, Retailers, Big Chain Retailers and Processors/Millers in all States and Union Territories, until further orders. The respective legal entities i.e. Traders/Wholesalers, Retailers, Big Chain Retailers, Processors/Millers have to declare stock position of Paddy and Rice in categories such as (i) Broken Rice, (ii) Non-Basmati White Rice, (iii) Parboiled Rice, (iv) Basmati Rice, (v) Paddy. The entities are expected to update it every Friday on the portal (https://evegoils.nic.in/rice/login.html) of Department of Food and Public Distribution. The stock position of Rice shall be declared by these entities within 7 days of issue of the order. Read more: https://newsplus21.com/keen-to-control-food-inflation-govt-mandates-ric/