Why Lucknow is a destination for the exhibitors?


Reasons to Participate in 31st International Rice Grain Pro Tech Expo – Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) Lucknow, capital city of Uttar Pradesh, is one of the biggest markets of Rice and Grain Milling Industry. The central destination of the city makes it an ideal choice for the exhibition as it attracts the millers from entire Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi. Uttar Pradesh, being an agricultural state has well supported milling industry. The state boasts of being a major Rice, Wheat & Dal trade entre for quite a long time. There are more than 500 Dall manufacturing units in UP. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of wheat (35.50 million tonnes) with an all India share of 32.42 per cent in 2020-21. Wheat alone accounts for more than 50% of the state’s total food production. In the year 2025, the total wheat production in UP in 2022 at 359 lakh metric tonnes (LMT). Uttar Pradesh is the second biggest producer of rice in India, has a share of around 13% in the country’s rice production of 122.27 million tonne (MT) in 2024-2025 crop year (July-June).

Uttar Pradesh ranks 4th in terms of pulses production in India. And, the annual production of pulses in India from UP stands at 2621.15 tonnes in FY 2024-25. Gram pulse tops the pulse name list as it has the highest crop area for production. The government of Uttar Pradesh take initiative to update 2000 rice mills in order to produce high quality rice. The government is working in the direction to support rice mills to upgrade their machinery, focus on capacity building, and make use of modern technology. The rice mills are also focussing on production of fortified rice for fulfilling nutritional needs of the population. The state has more than 4000 rice, dal and roller flour mills. The neighbouring state of Uttarakhand has more than 393.79 lakh ha area under rice cultivation and has the presence of more than 600 rice, dal and flour mills. Bihar, an adjacent state of Uttar Pradesh has more than 3000 rice mills, dal mills and flour mills and is one of the emerging grain markets in India.

It is a golden opportunity for all the Rice, Roller Flour, Seeds and Pulses milling machine manufacturers/dealers/suppliers and its allied industry to participate in the forthcoming Grain milling exhibition in Lucknow and exhibit their latest technology to the millers of the granary of India. It is a wonderful chance for grain machinery manufacturers and its allied industry to explore the regional market as the demand for the agro-processing and grain milling machinery in these states is catching up fast. The current state governments too have been aggressively promoting the modernization under the governance of Government of India. The Business Empire Exhibitions ensures that this exhibition will be the biggest platform for all the exhibitors to exhibit their technically advanced and modern machinery and benefit the Grain Milling Industry. The millers will also get a chance to see the latest technology from India and overseas just at their doorstep.

We are proudly supported by: • The UP Rice Millers Association
• The UP Dal Millers Association
• The UP Roller Flour Millers Association
• Bihar Rice Millers Association
• Uttrakhand Rice Millers Association
• The Federation of All India Rice Millers Asso.