Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Energy Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo held a meeting on the development of specialty rice and a millet factory at Baramunda. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Agriculture, Dr. Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Director Agriculture, Subham Saxena and Director Mission Shakti, Monica Priyadarshini.

The project focuses on ICAR rice with ultra‑low Glycemic Index (GI) varieties, aiming to produce rice with a lower GI than the normal. The total project cost is estimated at ₹91,22,91,287 for setting up 1st of a kind millet factory across India, which will process rice with a protein content of 10–12% in low GI rice.

Deputy Chief Minister said that, production of low GI rice and millet in a large scale will be mor

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