Bharat Rice Now Available Online: How & Where To Buy It?

The eagerly-awaited 'Bharat Rice,' a premium quality rice offered by the central government at a discounted rate, is now available for online purchase. Despite its previous availability solely at brick-and-mortar stores, reports indicate that demand often outpaced supply, leading to swift sellouts of rice bags.

However, now, the 'Bharat Rice' is available for online purchasing. Yes, you heard it right. You can place the order for 10 kg bags(Rs 290 per bag).

Well, it is only available on Nafed Bazaar and yet to be available on Amazon, Flipkart, and other e-commerce websites.

Also, the rice bags are available for sale only in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, as of now.

How to place the orders online?

As of now, this offering is limited to customers in Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.

Here's a quick guide on how to place orders online:

• Visit https://www.nafedbazaar.com/
• Navigate to the 'Rice' section in the menu.
• Select the desired product, 'NAFED Bharat Rice 10 KG,' to proceed.
• Add the product to your cart for seamless purchase.
• Once clicking it, proceed to checkout
• The fill-up form about your address, phone number for deliver.
• Make payment

The BJP-led NDA government launched 'Bharat Rice' at a subsidised rate of Rs 29 per kilogram to provide relief to consumers amid a 15 per cent rise in retail prices of the grain in the last one year.

In the initial phase, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) will allocate 5 lakh tonnes of rice to two cooperatives-National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF)-along with the retail chain Kendriya Bhandar.

These entities will further package the rice into 5 kg and 10 kg units, branding them under the 'Bharat' label, and distributing them through their respective outlets. Additionally, the rice will be made available for purchase on various e-commerce platforms.

It's noteworthy that the government is already retailing 'Bharat Atta' at Rs 27.50 per kg and 'Bharat Dal' (chana) at Rs 60 per kg. The rice bags will be offered in both 5 kg and 10 kg variants.

To address rising rice prices, the government has implemented several measures. The FCI, holding an ample stock of high-quality rice, is making it available to traders and wholesalers under OMSS at a reserve price of Rs 29/kg. Moreover, the government has reduced the Reserve Price of rice from Rs. 3100/Qtl to Rs. 2900/Qtl and adjusted the minimum and maximum quantity of rice to 1 MT and 2000 MT, respectively. Additionally, FCI regional offices are actively promoting rice sales through extensive publicity efforts. As a result, rice sales have seen a gradual increase, with 1.66 LMT rice sold in the open market as of January 31, 2024, marking the highest sales figure in any year under OMSS (D) for rice.