- Business
- KRBL Limited, founded in 1889 and headquartered in Noida, India, ranks as India's largest integrated rice company and the world's leading exporter of Basmati rice; the company procures, processes, and markets a comprehensive range of rice products including its flagship India Gate branded Basmati rice variants such as Super Basmati, steamed and aged raw white Basmati, alongside non-Basmati rice, packaged foods, rice bran oil, health and wellness products under the Uplife brand featuring quinoa, chia seeds, flax seeds, and edible health oils, as well as spices like Biryani Masala in Hyderabadi, Kolkata, and Lucknowi variants and daily Mughlai masalas. KRBL operates state-of-the-art milling and processing facilities in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, with upcoming plants in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to boost non-Basmati branded production; it exports to over 90 countries across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and beyond, supported by a domestic network of 850 distributors, the largest contact farming base for rice in India, and energy ventures encompassing 112.25 megawatts of wind power, 17 megawatts of solar, and 17.59 megawatts of biomass. In recent developments, KRBL secured 125 acres of land in Panipat, Haryana, for approximately INR 403 crores to enter real estate development and allied activities, approved by shareholders in September 2025, with plans to invest up to INR 1,000 crores over the next few years in NCLT auctions and collaborations while monetizing its 110-acre Ghaziabad land bank valued at INR 2,500 crores; the company commissioned a new unit in Gujarat, operationalized a mid-day meal kitchen as a CSR initiative, launched new products including Biryani Masala, surpassed INR 1,000 crores in quarterly domestic revenue for the first time, and targets non-Basmati rice business growth from INR 200 crores to INR 500 crores within 2-3 years amid strong Q2 FY26 export growth of 70% year-on-year to INR 438 crores and overall H1 revenue up 25% to INR 3,155 crores.