Tag: Wheat Procurement

The wheat procurement under the central pool is progressing in Rabi Marketing Season 2022-23 in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The wheat procured till Sunday benefited about 17.50 lakh farmers with minimum support price (MSP) value of Rs 37,192.07 crore, data from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution showed.

New Delhi: The Union government is set to begin procuring wheat from farmers in an “active” mode as stocks with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have plummeted to 6.5 million tonnes — less than half the average maintained — due to the drought in the 2015-16 season. Food Ministry officials said the procurement process will […]