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MP CM raises GI issue

Bhopal, July 6 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday met Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Narendra Singh Tomar at the latter’s office in New Delhi and requested his intervention vis-à-vis obtaining the Geographical Indication tag for the state’s basmati rice.
The visiting leader informed the central minister that such crop is produced by approximately 80,000 cultivators and – keeping in view the quality of yield – it would be appropriate to grant the label in peasants’ interest, an official release said.
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