India suspends rice fortification under welfare schemes
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India suspended rice fortification under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and allied welfare schemes until a more effective mechanism for delivering nutrients to beneficiaries is identified, citing an Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur study that found fortified rice kernels lose micronutrients and have shortened shelf life under routine storage.
Why it matters
Delivering micronutrients through fortified rice is now blocked within these national welfare distributions, removing fortification as an approved delivery route for beneficiaries. Procurement, storage and contract arrangements that assumed stable micronutrient retention in fortified rice must be paused and reworked before any resumption.
Implications
- • Procurement teams at India's Ministry of Consumer Affairs and state food departments must halt new purchases and deliveries of fortified rice for PMGKAY and allied programmes or they will be non‑compliant with the suspension.
- • Manufacturers and suppliers of fortified rice kernels must suspend shipments and stop invoicing under government welfare contracts tied to PMGKAY and allied schemes until procurement agencies reopen orders.
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Governance Supply Chain & Logistics Agriculture Food & Beverages