Study cluster | Number of mills | Total milling capacity (t/year) | Quantity of paddy milled (t/year) | Actual throughput per mill (t/year) | Efficiency of rice mill operations (%) |
Eastern | 15 | 120,500 | 83,536 (41%) | 5570 | 69 |
Central | 16 | 142,300 | 81,190 (38%) | 5074 | 57 |
Western | 19 | 110,695 | 42,229 (21%) | 2223 | 38 |
Total | 50 | 373,480 | 206,955 (100%) | 4139 | 55 |