wheat procurement

• Wheat Procurement Reaches Record 405 lakh metric tonnes till May 29

  According to the latest data from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), wheat procurement in the ongoing rabi marketing season (RMS) reached 405 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) on May 29, up 4% from 390 LMT in RMS 2020-21.…

• Over 42 lakh farmers benefitted from ongoing RMS wheat procurement

  Procurement of Wheat in ongoing RMS2021-22 is going on smoothly in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh at MSP. So far, over 398.59 LMT of Wheat has been procured (which is all time high, as it has exceeded…

• Direct Benefit Transfer: 11.6 lakh Farmers receive Rs 24,037.6 crore as MSP through Wheat Procurement

  121.7 lakh tonnes of wheat were procured during the current Rabi Marketing Season (RMS), compared to 5.2 lakh tonnes the previous year during the same time. Because of the Covid-induced lockdown last year, procurement suffered.…

• Over 29 LMT of Wheat Procured so far benefitting 3.3 lakh farmers

  Procurement of wheat by Government…

• Wheat Crop in 100 Bigha Burnt and Charred to Ash in Bihar's Begusarai

  Sunita Devi and many other farmers lost all their wheat crops to fire two days ago. There was 100 Bigha which had wheat crop standing which was due for cutting in two days. Sunita lost her 2 Bigha Wheat Crop which will amount to a…

• Government procures 78,392 tonnes of wheat in the first two weeks of new procurement season

  “We have set a goal of procuring 42.73 million tonnes of wheat this year, with Madhya Pradesh contributing the most (13.5 million tonnes), Punjab (13 million tonnes), Haryana (8 million tonnes), and Uttar Pradesh (8 million tonnes) (5.5 million tonnes). We bought million tonnes last…

• UP Government to buy Wheat on MSP from April 1; Farmers can Register Here

  Uttar Pradesh: Good news for UP farmers. UP government has started the registration of farmers to sell wheat at MSP. Farmers can register on the website of Food and Logistics Department of Uttar Pradesh…

• Good News! Govt Announces 50% Grant on Certified Wheat Seeds; Know How to Avail the Benefits

  The state government of Rajasthan has decided to provide certified seeds to the farmers of the state at a 50 percent discount from the prescribed rate. For this, preparations have been started to sell wheat seeds to reach upto rural service cooperative societies.…

• Good News! New High Yielding Wheat Variety Helps Farmers in this Village to Double their Yield

  Indian scientists with significantly high yield have developed a wheat variety for farmers. The chapati from the flour of this wheat also scores high on quality. This wheat variety is called MACS 6478 which is developed by Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), an autonomous…

• World Record: New Zealand Farmer breaks his own Record of Highest Wheat Yield

  A New Zealand farmer has broken his own world record for the highest wheat yield with a staggering 17.398t/ha crop. Three years after adding his name to the record books, Canterbury's Eric Watson is still top of the crops. Watson, from Ashburton, has broken his…

• Record Wheat Procurement Guarantees Food Security in the Coming Months

  Wheat Procurement from farmers was at an all-time high as the central government procured a total of 382 lakh metric tonnes thus surpassing the record of 381.48 lakh metric tonnes set in 2012-13, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and…

• Madhya Pradesh Tops Wheat procurement for Rabi Season 2020-21

  By procuring 127 lakh tonne or approximately 33 per cent of whole wheat procurement has happened in the country, Madhya Pradesh which takes over Punjab in total wheat procurement for rabi season 2020-21.…

• Latest News: Pressure Increases on UNESCO to Put Great Barrier Reef "in Danger" List

  According to a report by The Guardian, environmental law groups in the US and Australia are pushing UNESCO to place the world heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef in the danger list. The law groups state that not a single country can solve the…

• Is Maize/Corn, The new Wheat

  During 1950-51, India produced only 1.73 MT, which has reached 25.89 MT in 2016-17 and is expected to cross 27 MT in 2017-18.…