Govt agencies procure record 353,23,772 tonne of wheat

Government agencies have procured a total of 353,23,772 tonne of wheat as on June 4, 2012, which is a record as compared to the last year’s procurement, which stood at 263,88,624 tonne. With this, the total wheat procurement in Rabi marketing season, 2012-13 has crossed the mark of 350 lakh tonne.

According to the report released by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Punjab state has marked the highest procurement of around 128,00,257 tonne followed by Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, which marked 86,52,786 tonne  and 84,85,818 tonne respectively.

Besides, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have also made significant procurement by procuring 32,25,393 tonne and 15,93,674 tonne respectively.