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In Bangladesh, 75% of the total area is cropped and out of which, 80% of the irrigation is Rice. This shows how rice is vital for their livelihood. It is currently the world's sixth-largest producer.

Rice milling is the process that helps in removal of hulls and bran’s from paddy grains to produce polished rice. Rice feeds thousands of millions of people and milling is the process wherein the rice grain is transformed into an edible form- fit for human consumption.

The Rice milling denotes the process for removal of husk and bran from paddy grains in order to produce polished rice. Rice is one of man’s consumed staple foods and helps sustain two-thirds of the world’s population. Its demand is huge and ever growing as it is central to life for thousands of millions.

Rice is the staple food of not only India but the entire South East Asia. Apart from being the second largest producer of rice after China and driving significant numbers in agrarian India, the state of technology still leaves much to be desired.

Rice is the staple food for nearly two- thirds of India’s population, the rice industry plays a predominant role in the Indian context. It is especially so as paddy in its raw form is inedible and necessitates processing for obtaining rice.

Paddy Milling Plants nowadays are largely automated and need optimization at the design stage to maximize the returns. For this entirely automated process a micromanaged and Systematic Layout Planning is a prerequisite that begins with the refining of the paddy and ranges.

The government has set specific laws for setting up a Rice Mill with various subsections governing the Rice Mills license. Some of these are: (1) Any person or authority may apply through an application to the Central Government for the grant of a permit.

Being inedible, paddy cannot be consumed as rice directly. It needs to undergo processing to be enriched with flavor and taste. The entire process is automated with a process flow that begins with the paddy and outputs refined rice-sorted and packaged for the tables of discerning consumers.