Govt hopes to sell 15 lakh tons each of 'Bharat' rice, atta in next 4-5 months
The government is retailing Bharat atta and rice through three agencies -- National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (Nafed), National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) and Kendriya Bhandar.
Till date, about 3.5 lakh tonnes of wheat flour and 20,000 tonnes of rice under the Bharat brand have been sold, he added. Image Courtesy: Reuters.