# Rice Prices in Focus: Centre doubles sales target, mandates weekly stock disclosure

> India doubled its open-market rice sales target from 2.5 million to 5 million tonnes and required rice and paddy holders to report stocks weekly. It also authorized five southern states to impose stock limits through January 31, 2027, and plans to increase subsidized Bharat Rice allocations.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-06T15:17:13.855Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/84236-rice-prices-in-focus-centre-doubles-sales-target-mandates-weekly-stock
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Releasing more government rice and limiting stockpiling are intended to increase domestic availability and restrain prices. The measures are bearish for Indian rice prices if the additional supply reaches the market.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2017-07-28 | [Rice Procurement Target & Export issue with Europe - Mundus Agri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69949-rice-procurement-target-and-export-issue-with-europe-mundus-agri.md) | +0.6% | +0.4% |
| RICE | 2021-04-10 | [Once Again, the Centre Has Excess Wheat, Rice Stocks. What Are Its Options? - The Wire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47568-once-again-the-centre-has-excess-wheat-rice-stocks-what-are-its-options-the-wire.md) | -1.6% | +8.4% |
| RICE | 2024-07-10 | [Government to resume wheat sale from FCI stock; may take a call on lifting ban in rice exports - Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29224-government-to-resume-wheat-sale-from-fci-stock-may-take-a-call-on-lifting-ban.md) | -15.8% | -11.1% |
| RICE | 2018-01-05 | [China Wants to Shed Rice Stockpiles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67081-china-wants-to-shed-rice-stockpiles.md) | +0.4% | +8.6% |
| RICE | 2019-04-09 | [Slump in rice farm-gate prices due to import liberalization? \| ABS-CBN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59668-slump-in-rice-farm-gate-prices-due-to-import-liberalization-abs-cbn.md) | +1.3% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- zeebiz.com: https://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-rice-prices-in-focus-centre-doubles-sales-target-mandates-weekly-stock-disclosure-405243

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