Sanjeev Chopra, the Secretary Department of Food and Public in India, has called on rice retailers, wholesalers, and processors to reveal their stock holdings from next Friday to monitor the escalating rice prices, which have surged by an average of 14.5% year-on-year. To mitigate food grain prices, the government is providing subsidised Bharat Rice to three entities. Additionally, the export of non-Basmati white rice was banned in July, with some exceptions for other countries' food security needs, to maintain domestic prices and ensure food security.