New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) The commerce ministry on Monday clarified that the two-day Bharat International Rice Conference is being organised here by a private body IREF and the government is only giving non-financial support to the event.

The clarification is important as certain allegations have been made against national President of Indian Rice Exporters' Federation (IREF) Prem Garg.

"With respect to specific allegations made against the national President of the IREF, or about the operations of the IREF, in a section of the press, the Department (of commerce) cannot comment on the matter as it is a private affair of the individual and a private trade body," the ministry said in a statement.

It said that the government regularly engages with all stakeholders in every economic sector to

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