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Experts say wheat procurement may be constrained by limited storage, while exports remain largely uncompetitive globally.

The situation threatens to worsen food inflation. Efforts are underway to find safe shipping routes for essential goods.

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The government will create temporary storage facility for 10 million tonnes of grain to create space for fresh wheat procurement from April.

Data from the FCI shows the combined stock of rice and wheat at more than 71 million tonnes.

As on March 1, FCI is holding 62.8 million tonnes of food grain including 27.10 million tones wheat and 35.77 million tonnes rice.

FCI aims to procure over 42 million tonne wheat in the 2013-14 season, blowing a bigger hole in the food subsidy bill.

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Govt expects a bumper wheat harvest of around 82 mt this year.

With the government stocks of wheat set to rise further, especially after procurement starts in the wheat marketing year from April 1, the ...