Procurement target unlikely to be met as buying in U.P., Rajasthan, and M.P. lag behind
The wheat procurement is far away from the government’s “official” procurement target of 372.9 lt fixed for this year
Wheat procurement reached 25.30 million tonnes (mt) as of May 12 against 25.682 mt a year ago, official data show. This is far away from the government’s “official” procurement target of 37.29 mt fixed for this year. Experts wonder if it will reach last year’s actual purchases.