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For India, the threats to food inflation are likely to be more from domestic than global factors

According to the agriculture ministry’s third estimate, rice output for the 2022-23 crop year is projected at a record 135.54 million tonne, up from last year’s 129.47 million tonne

This is a year in which rain and hail in the months of March and April had given rise to serious concerns over the wheat harvest. A report says the government has procured 26 million tonnes. Its target was 34.15 million tonnes.

Possibility of production of 155 lakh metric tons in the state: Agri Dept Director Dr. Gurwinder Singh

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has directed Secretaries of Finance and National...

Govts rabi wheat procurement surpasses 19.5 million tonnes

It seems the March rain has not damaged the rabi crop as much as had been initially feared. Wheat stocks will fill godowns and take the load off rice, the prospects of which are under the shadow of a May-July El Niño

Global food prices have eased and that should considerably aid the government's supply management programme

The highest contributor among the major contributors to the FCI’s procurement kitty is Punjab, where the nodal agency has purchased 8.35 MT of wheat. While the figures for Haryana and Madhya Pradesh are 5.26 MT and 4.6 MT respectively.

This has resulted in reduced wheat availability at procurement centres and may affect overall procurement in near future.