Government procures 27 MT wheat till April

New Delhi May 1 (IANS) The Union government has procured 27 million tonnes of wheat till 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 wheat producing states of Punjab and Haryana respectively a higher procurement in both states compared to that in 2017-18 said the Food and Public Distribution Department statement.

The department has purchased 4.78 million tonnes from Madhya Pradesh and 9 46 060 tonnes from Rajasthan.

Also the procurement from Uttar Pradesh has 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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