more-inMetran Kayal rice, the branded rice produced from the paddy harvested from the polder of the same name, was formally launched in the market by Minister for Agriculture V.S. Sunil Kumar here on Thursday. Mr. Sunil Kumar said the government had finalised a system for rooting out the inordinate delay in the disbursal of procurement prices to the farmers. According to him, currently the government owed ₹250 crore to farmers as remuneration for paddy procurement. The Minister launched the Metran Kayal rice by handing over the first bag of rice to M.K.

Source: The Hindu June 29, 2017 17:48 UTC