The acquisition of wheat of India, which was on April 1 with an advantage of 6 Lakh Tons (LT) due to an early start of the purchase in March, increased 92.3 percent to 83.58 lt axis or on April 16 against 43.46 LT a year ago. The Government has the hope of buying wheat higher than the last four years after a reduced performance in the year of culture 2021-22 threatened the self-sufficiency of India in the winter key cereal.
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In Rajasthan, where the government last month relaxed the standards under the average quality standards (FAQ), the acquisition was 4.8 LT against less than 96,209 tons a year ago. In Uttar Pradesh, the government bought 3.42 Lt against 2.2 Lt Oy in Gujarat 1,920 tons against the lack of purchase. The acquisition season advanced in the United States to begin from March 15. There was hardly any purchase in these states of the previous year, the sources said.
UP must give a bonus
The center must be more proactive in Uttar Pradesh and must ask the state government to announce a bonus since MP and Rajasthan have already been implementing, said a former high -level official of the Ministry of Food earlier this month.
The acquisition in Punjab, which is outstanding pride BaisakhiThe Harvent Festival was 5.29 LT against 74,144 tons a year ago. Similarly, Haryana has reported a 67 percent increase in the acquisition to 29.89 LT against 17.86 lt. The harvest has not yet recovered in Bihar, where the acquisition is less than 7,000 tons, although compared to 2,068 tons of the year a year ago.
“We hope to cross 266 LT before the first week of May, and total purchases can be around 280-290 this year, watching the current arrival trend,” said a senior official. However, it did not rule out the possibility of exEditing the acquisition directed due to the reports of greater performance from most states.
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Missing objective
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The sources also said that the government has ordered states to buy all the grains that reach the acquisition centers. As a result, there is a 100 percent acquisition in states.
However, farmer leader Rampal Jat or Kisan Mahapanchyat said that anguish sales are still being carried out and that farmers are forced to sell at the minimum support price (MSP) in some places. He attributed it to the least participation of private merchants and claimed that government authorities in some places have imposed restrictions on the purchase and movement of wheat at the local level.
On March 20, the center relaxed the standard of wheat quality in Rajasthan after the state government requested that it guarantee an acquisition without problems. Under relaxed norms, the limit of wrinkled and broken grains will be up to 20 percent, against the existing limit of 6 percent, but both the damaged and slightly damaged grain will not exceed 6 percent. The loss of brightness in the wheat has a relaxed leg to 10 percent.
The Ministry of Agriculture has estimated that wheat production exceeds the objective of 115 million tons of duration 2024-25 year of cultivation (July-June).
Posted on April 17, 2025