The Union Governmenthas procured 27 million tonnes of Wheattill April-end as against the set target of 32 million tonnes for Rabi marketing season 2018-19, as per an official statement on Tuesday.
As on April 30, 11.52 and 7.99 million tonnes were procured from the major Wheatproducing states of Punjaband Haryanarespectively, a higher procurement in both states compared to that in 2017-18, said the Food and Public Distribution Departmentstatement.
The department has purchased 4.78 million tonnes from Madhya Pradeshand 9,46,060 tonnes from Rajasthan
Also, the procurement from Uttar Pradeshhas touched the figure of 1.72 million tonnes in 2018-19 from 7,51,711 tonnes 2017-18.
According to the department, the total procurement till April-end has been 27 million tonnes against 24.1 million tonnes during the corresponding period of 2017-18, where the total procurement in the fiscal was 30.82 million tonnes.
--IANS
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