Consent given to take 15 lakh metric tonnes of parboiled rice into the central pool.
The Chief Minister had written a letter to Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal today itself, requesting him to take rice in the interest of the state.
The Government of India sent a letter to the Government of Chhattisgarh and informed about its consent, the Chief Minister said, “The effect of the double engine government, the pending demand was fulfilled in a single day.”
The Chief Minister thanked the Prime Minister and the Union Minister on behalf of the state.