Govt mulls sending surplus rice as aid to conflict-hit Iran

NEW DELHI: Govt is apt to let wheat export to Egypt, Indonesia and Myanmar considering surplus stock, portion shipments of atom whitethorn commencement for countries, including war-hit Iran, connected humanitarian grounds, officials said. Food Corporation of India is sitting connected a immense surplus of atom and wheat, and determination is simply a dire request to escaped up abstraction successful govt godowns successful Punjab and Haryana to store caller wintertime crops, reports Dipak Dash. TOI has learned that a high-level gathering successful the PMO this week took enactment of the excess stock. "Options volition beryllium explored connected however to export much wheat, atom and onions by ships, portion much quantities of basmati atom and different high-value nutrient items tin beryllium sent by aerial to countries.

Since the proviso concatenation has been disrupted due to the fact that of the West Asia conflict, the request volition surge," said an official. Officials said astatine the meeting, which was attended by a radical of secretaries monitoring the situation, the shipping ministry was advised to research however bulk carriers could vessel nutrient items erstwhile they caput to Gulf countries to prime up caller cargo.