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Manipur mulls rice from Thailand :: The Telegraph
The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2010, Imphal
The Manipur government is contemplating import of rice from Thailand to make up for the shortage of the staple in the state......
he move comes in the wake of frequent disruption in the supply of essentials along the Imphal-Jiribam and Imphal-Dimapur highways owing to bandhs and blockades on the two prime routes, apart from low local production in the state.
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“The Thailand commerce department is willing to sell rice to Manipur. We are considering the matter and a final decision is likely to be taken very soon,” food and civil supplies minister Yumkham Erabot Singh, who is also the minister in-charge of commerce and industry, told reporters today.
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