The government may consider overseas purchases if it fails to buy adequate quantity from local farmers.
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India has no immediate plans to import rice,but the government may consider overseas purchases if it fails to buy adequate quantity from local farmers,the trade minister told parliament on Monday.
The federal government buys wheat and rice from domestic farmers to run various welfare programmes.
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