The Telangana State Rice Millers Association has blamed the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for most of their problems including piling up of custom milled rice and paddy stocks with them.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, president of the association G. Nagendra along with other office-bearers including several district presidents of the association said there were about 3,000 rice mills in the State and it was quite common to have defaulters here and there. However, branding all millers as defaulters was uncalled for and unfortunate.
Stating that the milling industry was facing several problems, Mr. Nagendra said they had been demanding compensation in lieu of excess percentage of broken grain in the milled rice, over and above the prescribed limit, but there was no response either from the FCI or from the State Government. The State Government was suggesting that they represent their problems to FCI but they were unable to do so as there was no contact point.
