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Decoding govt’s wheat strategy: Can higher procurement push and export quota hike lift the sector?Experts say wheat procurement may be constrained by limited storage, while exports remain largely uncompetitive globally.
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Govt to create temporary storage for 10 mt grainThe government will create temporary storage facility for 10 million tonnes of grain to create space for fresh wheat procurement from April.
Wheat storage a tough task as buying beginsWheat storage seems to be a daunting task for the government even as the FCI and other state agencies in MP begin procurement at the MSP.
- Storage of wheat, a daunting task
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.
Food Cooperation of India aims to buy 42 million tonne wheat in 2013-14 seasonFCI aims to procure over 42 million tonne wheat in the 2013-14 season, blowing a bigger hole in the food subsidy bill.
- Centre to construct 20 lakh tonne storage capacity for wheat in Haryana
The Union Ministry of Food and Public Distribution will construct storage houses with storage capacity of more than 20 lakh tonnes in Harya...
- Wheat procurement touches record level, storage crisis deepens
Despite significant drop in daily arrival of wheat in major producing centres of Punjab and Haryana, the procurement has touched a record l...
States rope in private sector to store wheatGovt expects a bumper wheat harvest of around 82 mt this year.
- Wheat storage problems serious, says EGoM
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state agencies could face serious problems of storage once the procurement of wheat.
- FCI to create more wheat storage capacity
With the government stocks of wheat set to rise further, especially after procurement starts in the wheat marketing year from April 1, the ...