Page 3 - Wheat Procurement

Russia-Ukraine crisis likely to impact UP's wheat procurement plan

Wheat market prices higher than MSP; UP targeting to buy 6 MT

Govt plans to procure record 44.4 mn tonnes wheat from farmers next year

This is 2.44% more than the purchases made during the current season; Punjab will contribute the maximum, at 13.2 million tonnes

Farmers gaining from paddy buy up 80% in 6 years, but Punjab needs more

Beyond what Sitharaman said about the procurement process in 2021-22, there are several dimensions to this

Govt procures record 43.32 million tonnes wheat, paddy in 2021-22

The previous record in wheat procurement was 38.99 mt achieved in the 2020-21 season

Himachal Pradesh procures record 1,00,657 quintals of wheat in rabi season

Himachal Pradesh government has procured a record 1,00,657 quintals of wheat during the ongoing rabi marketing season which started on April 15

What did FCI do differently this season to push wheat procurement?

Experts point to three major initiatives that led to a bumper purchase and laid the foundation for deeper and more structural reforms in the annual grain procurement process

Wheat procurement rises to 64.79 lakh tonnes, says Food Secretary

Maximum purchases from Haryana

Gopal Rai making false claims on wheat procurement by FCI: Delhi BJP

The Delhi BJP on Friday accused Agriculture Minister Gopal Rai of making "false" statements on wheat procurement by the Food Corporation of India, and challenged him to prove the charges or resign

RBI clears over Rs 21,000 cr towards CCL for wheat procurement in Punjab

RBI on Monday cleared a sum of Rs 21,658.73 crore towards Cash Credit Limit (CCL) up to end April-2021 for the procurement of wheat in Punjab during the ensuing rabi marketing season.

Wheat procurement in Punjab rescheduled from April 10 on Covid-19 surge

Due to rising Covid-19 cases and late crop maturity, wheat procurement in Punjab has been rescheduled few days late from April 10

Centre to procure 9.5% more wheat this year amid farmers' protests

Procurement from Punjab, which is the hotbed of agitation, is expected to be around 13 million tonnes, slightly more than the actual procurement of this year

Centre directs Punjab, Haryana to make online MSP payment from next season

Centre plans to monetize assets of Food Corporation of India and Central Warehousing Corp, says union minister Piyush Goyal

Can FCI's subsidy wipe-out serve as a base for deeper food subsidy reforms?

If clearing of FCI's outstanding dues and loans does not spur further reforms, they will once again reach current levels in the next 4-5 years, say experts

Farmers' protest: Govt may add rice, wheat in PM-ASHAA to end logjam

Also exploring option of a minimum reserve price for traders based on production cost

An examination of the pitfalls of the open-ended grain procurement system

While the agitating farmers are clamouring for its continuation, the mechanism is a drain on govt resources, with the Centre buying far in excess of what it needs for distribution under PDS

32,12,439 MT paddy purchased from over 283,000 farmers till October 9

In the procuring States, purchase of 32,12,439 MT of paddy has taken place up to October 9 from over 2.83 lakh farmers with an MSP outflow of Rs 6,065.09 crore

32% of FCI's FY21 wheat procurement cost to be mandi taxes, middlemen fee

The other components are poo­led cost of grains and distribution cost that includes freight, handling, and storage, etc

Govt's wheat procurement touches record high of 38.98 MT so far in 2020-21

Wheat marketing year runs from April-March, but bulk of procurement is normally done in the first three months

Madhya Pradesh versus Punjab: Who is ahead in the wheat procurement game?

Lower taxes and a slew of incentives give MP and edge over the traditional wheat bowl. However, Punjab wins hands down on yield

MP becomes country's top wheat procurer; farmers get Rs 25,000 crore boost

The state has produced 30 million tonnes of wheat this year and also surpassed Punjab in procurement