Chandigarh, Sept. 15 -- During a meeting with officials of the Centre's ministry of food and public distribution, Punjab rice millers on Monday demanded additional labour costs for segregating 10% broken rice while processing paddy for custom milled rice (CMR) to be handed over to the central pool for the upcoming season starting October 1.

Before implementing the decision, central ministry and Food Corporation of India (FCI) officials reached Chandigarh to meet the rice millers of the state and take them into confidence

"The millers' industry agreed to cooperate in implementing the new system. However, we asked for the additional costs arising from increased milling, processing, electricity, labour, quality testing and storage being im...