<span style="color: #222222;">The Department of Food and Public Distribution is making all out efforts to ensure implementation of Rice Fortification to address malnutrition, anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies. Rice fortification, a process of adding micronutrients like Iron, Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12, is an effective, preventive and cost-efficient complementary strategy to address the challenge of anaemia.  Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has said that there are various studies from the global as well as Indian context, including pilot projects, which have proven the efficacy of fortified rice as an effective intervention to address anaemia.<br />''<br />''In an ambitious attempt to combat the serious problem of anaemia due to malnutrition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement on 75th Independence Day to mandate rice fortification in all social safety net schemes by 2024. The Centre has been making efforts to organise various awareness programmes in different areas of country about the benefits of consuming fortified rice.</span><br />