Eighteen rice mills in Nirmal and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts were booked for diverting custom milled rice worth Rs 300 crore from the 2022–23 Yasangi season. Officials found large irregularities, including mills opening new units to continue receiving paddy

Nirmal/Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Rice mills continue to divert paddy handed over by the government for custom milling by adopting new methods, even as cases are being booked against errant units.

In the latest instance, eighteen mills were booked for allegedly failing to return custom milled rice worth Rs 300 crore belonging to the 2022–23 Yasangi season. These mills had already been seized for misappropriating grains, compromising the milling process and bringing disrepute to the government.

A total of 48 mills received 1.58 lakh

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