India mulls easing rice export limits, aiding world supply


Rice representation. - Photo: The Statesman file

NEW DELHI: India is considering relaxing curbs on overseas sales of non-basmati rice, days after scrapping a floor price for exports of a premium grade, potentially boosting global supply of the grain that feeds billions of people.

The nation - which ranks as the world’s biggest rice shipper - has limited sales abroad for more than a year in a bid to contain domestic prices.

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