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Parboiled rice issue
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- Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and members of his Cabinet staged a dharna at Telangana House of New Delhi, demanding a uniform paddy procurement policy.
- The protest came after the Centre said it was stopping the purchase of excess parboiled rice, of which Telangana is a major producer.
- The Centre has said demand is low and it cannot waste money on buying the excess quantity of parboiled rice.
- The expression parboiled rice refers to rice that has been partially boiled at the paddy stage, before milling.
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