FCI decides to sell 10 million tonne of wheat to bulk consumers this fiscal

08 May 2019 Evaluate

The Food Corporation of India (FCI), the government's nodal agency for procurement and distribution of grains, has decided to sell 10 million tonne of wheat to bulk consumers this fiscal, over 40 percent more than the previous year. It will sell wheat through an e-auction under the open market sale scheme (OMSS) throughout the fiscal except during procurement period in wheat growing states.

The government is offering wheat at a base price of Rs 2,080 per quintal for three main wheat-producing states -- Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, while for other states the freight charges at Ex-Ludhiana will be added to the base rate. Quantum of sale of wheat has been fixed at 100 lakh tonne. It may, however, be reviewed by the Department of Food and Public Distribution, if offtake is more. The base rate will be increased by Rs 55 per quintal in the subsequent quarters of the fiscal.

Currently, the FCI is sitting on a huge stock of over 40 million tonne of wheat. This includes old stock of 16 million tonne till April 1 and 24.2 million tonne of new grain from the ongoing procurement. The agency has set the wheat procurement target at 35.7 million tonne for the 2019-20 marketing year (April-March) on hopes of a record 100 million tonne production this year. During the last fiscal, the FCI had sold 7 million tonne of wheat at a base rate of Rs 1,900 per quintal.

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