new Delhi. Despite the current crisis in the Corona epidemic, government agencies have purchased wheat at record levels from farmers this year. 388.34 lakh tonnes of wheat have been procured across the country, which is about seven lakh tonnes more than the previous record level. This year, Madhya Pradesh has purchased the highest wheat for the Central Bridge at 129.34 lakh tonnes. After this, Punjab is at the second place, where government agencies have purchased 127.11 lakh tonnes of wheat from farmers.
As per the data on wheat procurement compiled by Food Corporation of India (FCI) till Monday in the current Rabi marketing year 2020-21, government agencies across the country have procured 388.34 lakh tonnes of wheat, which is 11.66 from 347.78 lakh tonnes in the same period last year. The percentage is higher while still record level.
Earlier in 2012-13, government agencies purchased 381.48 lakh tonnes of wheat from farmers at the minimum support price.
For wheat produced during the Rabi season of the crop year 2019.20 (July-June), the central government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1925 per quintal.
Government procurement of wheat in the current Rabi marketing season 2020-21 is 129.34 lakh tonnes in Madhya Pradesh, 127.11 lakh tonnes in Punjab, 73.98 lakh tonnes in Haryana, 35.13 lakh tonnes in Uttar Pradesh, 21.61 lakh tonnes in Rajasthan, 57262 tonnes in Gujarat, Uttarakhand. It has 38026 tonnes, 11482 tonnes in Chandigarh, 5081 tonnes in Bihar, 3129 tonnes in Himachal Pradesh, 28 tonnes in Delhi and 11 tonnes in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to information received from the procurement agency, the government procurement of wheat was almost in the last phase because the procurement has stopped in most places.
According to the third advance production estimate for the crop year 2019-20 released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the production of wheat is estimated to be around 107.2 million tonnes this year.
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