Chhattisgarh scented rice cleaning and packing unit

This unit buys Chhattisgarh's own short-grain scented rice, such as Dubraj and Jeeraphool, from farmers and small mills, then cleans, grades and packs it under your own name. Machines remove stones, broken grains and discoloured grains so every pack looks and cooks the same.

Raipur is a major rice-milling and grain-trading centre, yet much of its milled rice still leaves in plain bulk sacks, sold cheaply to bulk traders. Packing and selling under a name keeps more of the price in the district. The city's rail, road and air links make it easy to send packs across central India.

You need an FSSAI food licence, a packer registration under the rules for packed goods, a grader, a colour sorter and a packing machine. The hard part is buying pure rice: scented varieties yield less, farmers grow small lots, and mixing with cheaper rice is common. Check each lot for smell and grain length before you pay, and label honestly. Jeeraphool from Surguja and Nagri Dubraj from Dhamtari hold a GI tag (a legal mark that a product comes from a named area), so print those names only after registering as an authorised user.

Sell to sweet shops, caterers and grocery shops in Raipur, and online to Chhattisgarhi families living in other cities.