India will have record wheat production, must plan for export, says Arun Kumar Joshi
There was no trace of any insect, disease or locust, and despite late monsoon in many parts, soil moisture enabled farmers to plant on time Arun Kumar Joshi, managing director, Borlaug Institute of South Asia and the Country Representative of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) has spent about four decades in researching and […]Read More
Punjab demands Centre early release of ₹ 2,900 crore pending payments
The pending payments include the 3% rural development fund over the total food procurement expenditure of previous two seasons in Punjab; rabi-2022 (wheat) and kharif-2021 (paddy) The Punjab government on Monday demanded the Centre early release of accruals and pending payments to the tune of ₹ 2,900 crore against food procurement. The demand was put forward by […]Read More
India Bans Wheat Exports With Immediate Effect in a Bid to Control Domestic Prices
The ban on exports also comes amid disruption in global wheat supplies due to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine which are major exporters of the foodgrain. India has banned wheat exports with immediate effect as part of measures to control rising domestic prices, according to an official notification. However, the export shipments for […]Read More
Government needs to factor in that both production and procurement are likely to be below expectations
Indian wheat is highly competitive in the global market today and there’s scope to ship out, maybe 10 mt in 2022-23 over and above the 7.85 mt last fiscal. It’s clear now that India isn’t going to harvest a bumper, forget record, wheat crop this time. The all-time high output estimate of 111.32 million tonnes […]Read More
Explained: How government procures wheat
The procurement of wheat in the 2022-23 rabi marketing season is in progress in a number of states. How much does the government procure, why and for whom, at what price, and through what process? The procurement of wheat is underway in several states. The government procures foodgrains — rice, wheat, and coarse grains — […]Read More
Wheat yield in Punjab down by 5 quintal/hectare due to intense heat wave
Chandigarh, Wheat yield in Punjab has dipped by more than five quintal per hectare because of intense heat wave last month. This is the key finding of crop-cutting experiments conducted on 2,200 sites across the state. From 48.68 quintal per hectare last year, wheat yield has fallen to 43 quintal this year. The maximum drop […]Read More
Wheat arrival up by 27% in Punjab
Chandigarh, Punjab has accomplished 50 per cent of procurement operations within 20 days of the commencement of wheat buying. In a statement issued here, a government spokesperson said that of the estimated 130 lakh MT of wheat, mandis recorded the arrival of 73.75 lakh MT so far. And 72.04 lakh MT has been procured. “Mandis […]Read More
At 3.34 lakh tonnes, wheat purchase by private traders highest in 9 years in Punjab
The single day wheat purchase in Punjab by private traders on Tuesday stood at 28,400 tonnes. The wheat procurement in Punjab is expected to continue for two to three more weeks. The wheat purchase by private traders in Punjab touched 3.34 lakh tonnes on Tuesday, highest in at least the past nine years. In 2014, […]Read More
Govt procures 69 LMT wheat in current season
According to the Ministry, wheat procurement has commenced in nine states–Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The Centre has procured 69.24 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat for over Rs 13,000 crore till April 17 during the rabi marketing season (RMS) 2022-23, Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food […]Read More
Punjab and Haryana set to miss wheat procurement target
So far, government agencies in Punjab have only purchased 54.74 lakh tonnes of wheat out of targeted 130 lakh tonnes, which comes to 42% of the total target. Punjab and Haryana, the two major contributors of wheat to the central pool, are set to miss their procurement targets this Rabi season with […]Read More
