Uttam Kumar Reddy 'Telangana Emerges as Global Rice Market'

The BRS registered a protest in Telangana Assembly on Monday for failing to get appropriate reply from Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on export of rice to Philippines In his question, BRS MLA T Harish Rao sought details on export of rice to Philippines and appointment of Premchand Garg as advisor. 

Garg was facing cases booked by central agencies



including Enforcement Directorate (ED). He said a scam took place in the export of rice. Rao wanted to constitute a House Committee to probe into the scam.

In response, Reddy clarified that Telangana has become a global rice market. The Telangana government has entered into an agreement with the Philippines government for exporting rice from Telangana eliminating middlemen’s role.