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Fortification of Rice Scheme

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    Agriculture
  • Published
    4th Nov, 2020

15 State Governments have identified districts to implement the Fortification of Rice Scheme.

  • 15 State Governments have identified districts to implement the Fortification of Rice Scheme.
  • According to the World Health Organization, fortification of rice is done by adding micronutrient powder to the rice. This powder adheres to rice grains.
  • Scheme to be implemented by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
  • It is a Centrally Sponsored Pilot Scheme on Fortification of Rice and its distribution through Public Distribution System.
  • The scheme is to be implemented for a period of three years between 2019-20 and 2022-23.
  • The scheme was launched to take the country towards nutritional security.
  • The distribution of fortified rice is already being implemented by Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu.
  • The availability of fortified rice kernels in the country is 15,000 metric ton per annum.
  • With this Government of India has to cover 112 aspirational districts.
  • In order to achieve this around 130 lac metric tons of fortified rice is required.
  • The quantity of fortified rice kernels required to achieve this target is 1.3 lakh metric tonnes.
  • If the entire Public Distribution system right supply is to be replaced with fortified rice, then, around 3.5 lac metric tons of fortified rice kernels is required.

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