Haryana basmati for Mumbai

Chandigarh, July 18 (UNI) The Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (HAFED) will introduce steamed basmati, par boiled basmati, sarbati rice and graded broken rice in the markets of Mumbai and other towns.

This was revealed in a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to review the working of the Cooperation Department here today.

It was informed in the meeting that there was also a plan to set up a modern rice mill at Taraori, the basmati belt of Haryana.

This export oriented unit would be set up at a cost of Rs 10.50 crore and rice/basmati shelled by this mill would be exported.

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