Govt's wheat procurement to drop 69% due to delayed arrivalsWheat procurement is set to drop significantly in the 2026-27 marketing year. Unseasonal rains delayed grain arrivals and affected quality....
16 Apr, 2026, 12.48 AM IST
Centre aims 7-fold jump in wheat procurement from UP, Rajasthan, Bihar this year"UP, Bihar, and Rajasthan have been contributing much less than they could have. We are targeting total wheat procurement of 310 lakh tonne...
05 Apr, 2024, 10.35 AM IST
Govt's rice procurement reaches 55.8 million tonnes and wheat 26.2 million tonnes so farWheat procurement has reached 26.2 million tonnes so far in the 2023-24 rabi marketing year (April-March), more than the last year's total ...
21 Jun, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
Centre buys 262 lakh tonne wheat so far this year from farmers at MSP; total payout at Rs 47,000 croreThe Rabi marketing season runs from April to March. However, the bulk of wheat procurement is done between April and June. Wheat is a major...
01 Jun, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
Wheat prices rise 4% in two weeks"Prices have increased sharply during the past two weeks," said Ajay Goyal, a veteran wheat processor and director, at Shivaji Roller Flour...
18 May, 2023, 11.40 PM IST
Unsure about open market sale, private sector laps up wheat from the marketsThe industry depends largely on government supply at timely intervals under the Open Market Sales Scheme (OMSS) to procure wheat. Last year...
10 May, 2023, 03.47 PM IST
Export ban on wheat to continue; record output likely even after untimely rains: FCI CMD Ashok K MeenaAddressing a press conference, state-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K Meena said wheat producti...
28 Mar, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
Wheat procurement begins: Food ministryThe government expects to procure a total of 341.50 LMT wheat during RMS 2023-24 as against 187.92 LMT wheat actually procured during last ...
28 Mar, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
Wheat, paddy procurement at all-time high: GovernmentIn addition, 869.76LMTs of paddy was procured on MSP for ongoing KMS 2020-21 and RMS benefitting 128.37 Lakh farmers. This is 14.55 % more ...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.45 PM IST
Wheat procurement increases over 70% to 292 lakh tonnes this marketing season, so farThis year, Haryana and Punjab switched from indirect payment of MSP to direct online transfers to farmers' bank accounts following a centra...
03 May, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
Government's wheat procurement touches record high of 38.98 million tonnes so far in 2020-21"We have procured 38.98 million tonnes of wheat so far. The procurement operations are almost complete in major states. Few thousand tonnes...
10 Jul, 2020, 05.13 PM IST
Harayan leads in wheat procurement: CM KhattarThe chief minister while interacting with people during the 'Haryana Aaj' program, today shared that till yesterday, 2,89,140 tonnes of whe...
22 Apr, 2020, 09.22 PM IST
Procurement of wheat may cross 32 MTState governments ensuring that agencies procure wheat ensuring farmers get minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,735 per quintal.
19 Mar, 2018, 08.03 AM IST
- 9.1 million tonne wheat procured in Punjab
Out of total procurement of 9.17 million tonnes of wheat in all the procurement centers of Punjab, private traders procured 1,431 tonnes of...
02 May, 2012, 08.03 PM IST
- Government agencies, private millers procured 1.73 lakh tonne wheat in Punjab
Government agencies and private millers in Punjab procured more than 1.73 lakh tonnes of wheat till Tuesday evening.
18 Apr, 2012, 02.31 PM IST
- Punjab creates record in wheat procurement by procuring 110.50 L tonne
Punjab today clocked new record in wheat procurement with various govt agencies & traders procuring 110.50 lakh tonnes of wheat.
01 Jun, 2011, 06.51 PM IST
- Wheat procurement in Punjab down 39 pc vis-a-vis last year
Out of total procurement, state owned agencies bought 56.14 lakh MT of wheat, constituting 99.09 per cent of total buying.
26 Apr, 2011, 12.30 PM IST