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30 November 2009 at 20:05 IST
New rice variety Swarna Sub-1, rice stock sufficient
NEW DELHI (Commodity Online): A new variety of rice Swarna Sub-1 has been developed under a colloborative programme under the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) me. The gene for submergence tolerance (Sub-1) was cloned by IRRI from the Indian flood tolerant variety FR-13-A and was transferred into the popular Indian rice variety Swarna and hence the name of this variety as Swarna Sub-1. This variety produces 3.0 to 3.5 tonnes per hectate under submerged condition for about two weeks. The variety has been formally notified in 2009, indents are expected from next year onwards, Prof K V Thomas, Minister of Agriculture informed the Rajya Sabha.
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The Central Pool has rice stock of 149.14 lakh tonne as on 1st October 2009 against the Buffer Norm of 52 lakh tonnes and strategic reserve of 20 lakh tonnes. In the current Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2009-10, 116.74 lakh tonnes of rice has been procured as on 24.11.2009 against 106.98 lakh tonnes procured in the corresponding period in KMS 2008-09. At the estimated level of procurement of 260 lakh tonnes of rice, as informed by the Food Corporation of India, the stock of rice in the Central Pool is estimated to be sufficient to meet the current level of requirement of targeted public distribution system and other welfare scheme, Prof K V Thomas informed Parliament.
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