Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 14:16
The government has kept wheat procurement target of 30 MT for the current year, as against the actual procurement of 28 MT in the last year.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 15:42
Government's wheat procurement this year may fall short of the initial target of 30 million tonnes (MT) due to crop damage following a recent spell of unseasonal rains and hailstorms.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 19:36
The government has decided to sell undisclosed quantity of FCI wheat in the open market throughout the year in 2015-16 fiscal to bulk consumers in non-wheat procuring states.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 17:54
A delegation led by Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday took stock of crops damaged in Haryana by untimely rains and hailstorm.
Last Updated: Monday, February 16, 2015, 21:31
Government today fixed wheat procurement target at 30.05 million tonnes during the marketing year starting April as against 28 million tonnes purchased by FCI during this year.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 13:46
The government on Thursday raised the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat by Rs 50 to Rs 1,400 per quintal to encourage farmers to cover more area under the crop in the ongoing rabi season.
Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 13:32
Thomas said wheat procurement in the year beginning April 2013 will be 33 percent lower than last year.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 14:39
In view of higher output, government had pegged wheat procurement to be a record 44.12 MT in the current marketing year that started in April, as against 38.1 MT last year.
Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 12:39
As much as 47.83 lakh tonnes of wheat has so far arrived in the mandis of Haryana during the current procurement season.
Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013, 16:55
Anticipating storage problems during the peak wheat procurement season, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday said there is scope for exporting more wheat from FCI godowns to clear space for new crop.
Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 19:57
Wheat harvesting is set to get delayed by 10-15 days in wheat growing states of Punjab and Haryana because of untimely rains and unanticipated low temperature.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 11:49
Wheat procurement has crossed 38 million tonnes in the current marketing year so far as the government's wheat purchase drive is coming to close in the most of growing states.
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