Amid price rise, Centre mandates rice, paddy stock declaration

Learn the reported action together with its current status. New Delhi With rice prices rising due to a deficient and uneven monsoon, the Centre on Friday (November 7, 2026) directed traders, retailers, wholesalers, processors and millers across the country to declare their rice and paddy stocks and allowed five southern States to impose stock limits to prevent hoarding. In a separate letter, also dated November 6, the Centre has given its consent to Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana to impose stock limits on paddy and rice through control orders.

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Distinguish the reported action from any further step explicitly stated in the report. Under a November 6 order, all traders and wholesalers, retailers, large retail chains and processors and millers in all States and Union Territories must declare stocks under six categories — Basmati rice, non-Basmati premium rice, non-Basmati rice, parboiled rice, broken rice and paddy. The limits will remain in force till January 31, 2027.

• Retail rice inflation rose to 8.25% year-on-year in September from 5.89% in August, with the average retail price at around ₹48.23 per kg, about 12% higher than a year earlier. • Wholesale Sona Masoori was quoted at ₹65-70 per kg, up from ₹50 a month ago, according to sources. • Trade estimates put rice output in 2026-27 at around 147 million tonnes, compared to a record 154 million tonnes in 2025-26.