APEDA Launches Massive Basmati Acreage Audit Amidst Geographical Indication Disputes
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has announced a comprehensive survey covering 4 million hectares of land to verify Basmati cultivation, a move that effectively doubles the scope of its current tracking parameters. This initiative, launched this month across major rice-producing states in India, seeks to reconcile significant discrepancies between official…