The government’s first weekly e-auction will be held on December 4 for 1 lakh tonnes (lt), which includes on offer a quantity of 5,000 tonne each for Karnataka, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
However, But the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has introduced new norms with the objective of keeping the processors out of the tender process if they have “excess stock”, which have created resentments among some millers who termed the conditions as ‘reward’ for some private parties for not buying in the open market.
Among other Sstates, FCI is offering 14,000 tonne in Uttar Pradesh, 12,500 tonne in Punjab, 7,000 tonne in West Bengal, 6,500 tonne in Assam, 5,500 tonne in Delhi, 4,000 tonne in Madhya Pradesh and 3,000 tonne each in Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu.
