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One of the major factors, contributing to the progressive procurement this year, is the grant of relaxation by GOI in quality specifications of wheat being procured, in view of untimely rains.
FCI Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K Meena said the procurement has been less due to delay in harvesting and lower arrivals in mandis especially in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan because of the recent unseasonal rains.
India, the world's second-largest wheat producer, banned wheat exports in May 2022 as part of measures to control rising domestic prices.
Combine harvesters are not effective, manual labour option very expensive
Haryana agriculture and farmers welfare minister J P Dalal told The Indian Express that tough days lie in store for the farmers in the state.