India is the second largest producer of rice in the world with an annual output of 100 Million Metric Tons (MMT). The crop occupies 37% of the total cropped area and 44% production of food grains in India. Rice grain has a hard outer coating (husk) surrounding the rice endosperm. Between the grain and husk is a composite dark brown colored layer commonly called as bran. Rice bran contains 20% oil holding and more than 65% of the nutrients. In the rice mill polishing residue, true bran amounts to only 4–5% whereas rest is the polishing of the inner bran layers and a portion of the starchy endosperm.