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KRBL to expand non-basmati rice and bran oil portfolios: Jt MD Anoop Gupta

Basmati rice prices up 10-15% this year; may rise further as crop is 7-8% down

Anoop Kumar Gupta
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Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director of KRBL Ltd

Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi
KRBL Limited, the maker of the flagship India Gate brand of rice, is looking to expand the domestic and export footprint of its premium regional non-basmati varieties of Kolam, Sona Masuri and Gobindobhog under the India Gate label.

The company is also planning to raise the production of healthy rice bran oil and market it under the India Gate brand in the next few years, for which it might put up a refining unit, Anoop Kumar Gupta, Joint Managing Director, KRBL Ltd, told Business Standard.

At present the company makes about 50 tonnes of rice bran oil a day.

KRBL, which had revenues

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