Rice sale under OMSS sees lukewarm response; govt says open to tweak policy

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The Centre on Monday said there has been a lukewarm response to the sale of rice to small traders under the open market sale scheme in the first e-auction round and indicated that it is open to tweaking the policy. While ruling out allowing states to participate in the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) for rice, Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra also said the Centre will watch how the subsequent e-auction rounds go before deciding on the next course of action.

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