New Delhi: The government has fixed a conservative target of wheat procurement in the range of 30-32 million tonnes (MT) during the 2024-25 Rabi marketing season, according to the food ministry. The lower target has been fixed despite the Ministry of Agriculture hoping for a record wheat production of 114-115 million tonnes in the 2023-24 crop year (July-June).
The target was fixed after deliberations with State Food Secretaries in a meeting chaired by Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra in the national capital on Wednesday. “After deliberations, the estimates for wheat procurement during the ensuing Rabi marketing season of 2024-25 were fixed in the range of 30-32 million tonne,” the ministry said in a statement.
Apart from wheat, the ministry has also fixed the target for paddy procurement in terms of rice for Rabi season in the range of 9-10 million tonnes. Besides, the government has set a procurement target of 6,00,000 tonnes for Rabi coarse grains /millets (Shri Anna).
