Buyers from Africa "are on the sidelines. They are trying to clear high cost imports made a few months back," said a Kolkata based exporter. India's state reserves of rice, including unmilled paddy, ...

Speaking at the Aluth Sahal (new rice) festival in Anuradhapura, he said the government will not let farmers and consumers be subjected to hardships by a small group. "There is a distortion in the ...