India exports wheat worth Rs 11,728.36 crore during April-January period of this fiscal year

15 Mar 2023 Evaluate

The government has said that India exported wheat worth Rs 11,728.36 crore during the April-January period of this fiscal year. In May last year, the government had banned exports of wheat to boost domestic availability and control prices. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said ‘At present, there is no proposal for lifting restriction on export of wheat before the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare’.

Although the export was banned, the government had said wheat export will be allowed in case of shipments where the Irrevocable Letter Of Credit (ILOC) has been issued on or before May 13. Tomar said as per second advance estimates for the agriculture year 2022-23, the wheat production in the country is estimated at 112.18 million tonnes which is higher by 4.44 million tonnes than the production achieved during 2021-22 crop year (July-June).

Separately he said ‘in the Northern Indian plain, the maximum temperature in February 2023 was hovering around 32-33 degree celsius in most of the area, and this temperature is unlikely to impact the wheat grain growth adversely as crop canopy temperature can be easily modulated by 2-3 degree celsius less than air temperature by irrigation.’ In central and peninsular India, he said the temperature always remains comparatively higher against northern plain throughout the crop growth period and crop phenology is naturally adjusted accordingly. He added ‘Therefore, in these area also, the temperature as high as 35 degree celsius is also not going to impact wheat yield adversely’.

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