25.18 Lakh Tonnes of Government Rice Sold Under OMSS

26-Sep-2025 08:37 PM

New Delhi. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is selling a significant quantity of rice from its stock to bulk buyers and state governments under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS).

According to available data, the corporation has already successfully sold 25.18 lakh tons of rice. Of this, 7.71 lakh tons were sold to bulk buyers and 17.47 lakh tons to state governments. The process of selling rice from government stocks is still ongoing.

According to official data, traders from Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Mizoram showed strong interest in bulk rice purchases.

Bulk buyers from each of these states purchased between 10,000 tons and 3.11 lakh tons of rice. The highest purchases were made by buyers from Delhi, with 310,530 tons, while Maharashtra accounted for 11,822 tons.

Apart from this, bulk purchase of rice was also done in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Kerala, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh.

As far as the state government is concerned, Karnataka was at the forefront in government rice procurement because in the state, apart from the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, free rice is also provided to the beneficiaries under the state government's own scheme.

According to the data received, the Karnataka government procured a huge amount of rice from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) at 11,72,609 tonnes, while traders also purchased 20,087 tonnes of rice.

Thus, a total of 11,92,696 tonnes of rice was procured in the state. Apart from this, 64,253 tonnes of rice was procured at the government level in Jammu and Kashmir, 4637 tonnes in Assam, 3700 tonnes in Arunachal Pradesh, 2385 tonnes in Jharkhand,

6012 tonnes in Kerala, 5103 tonnes in Manipur, 3450 tonnes in Meghalaya, 4143 tonnes in Mizoram, 3150 tonnes in Nagaland, 3613 tonnes in Tripura and 4,73,540 tonnes in Tamil Nadu.