Hinting at a possible shortfall of rice for the launch of Congress' election promise, which guarantees 10kg of rice per below poverty line (BPL) cardholder, chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that the state government had approached Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh seeking additional procurement of 2.238 million tonnes (MT) of rice. However, they were unable to convince two of the three states.https://ift.tt/Kgtshmb