Ahmedabad Times

Through the assembly, Chouhan issued directives and stated that issues confronted by farmers “should be addressed and resolved instantly by way of coordination.”

In accordance with Meals Ministry sources, as of April 20, the procurement of 114.29 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been reported throughout 10 main states. That is about 38% of the present yr’s total goal of 303 lakh metric tonnes and 16% decrease as in comparison with the amount procured (135 lakh metric tonnes) within the corresponding interval final yr.

Punjab, MP and Haryana are the three main contributors of wheat to the Central pool, with the procurement figures reaching 119.19 LMT, 77.74 LMT, and 71.43 LMT, respectively, final yr.

Wheat procurement operations started in Punjab and Haryana on April 1, and in MP on March 15. This yr, Punjab and Haryana have stored the tempo of wheat procurement to this point, with each states having the ability to procure 91% and 70%, respectively, of complete amount arrival on the procurement centre.

Nevertheless, the tempo has been comparatively sluggish in MP. In accordance with sources, MP has reported a procurement of seven.25 LMT of wheat towards the arrival of 15.66 LMT as of April 20 this yr, which is about 85% decrease as in comparison with the amount (47 LMT) procured throughout the corresponding interval final yr.

Chauhan additionally directed the officers involved that points associated to “slot reserving, registration, and verification be resolved on a precedence foundation.”

The tempo of procurement has been reported to be decrease in Uttar Pradesh as nicely. Regardless of being the most important producer, UP’s contribution to the wheat procured for the Central pool has remained low through the years. Final yr, a amount of simply 10.27 LMT of wheat was procured from the state. This yr, the state has reported procurement of simply 2.74 LMT of wheat as of April 20, which is nearly 40% decrease than the amount (4.54 LMT) procured throughout the corresponding interval final yr. This yr, wheat procurement in UP started on March 17.

In accordance with sources, the problem of wheat procurement figured throughout the assembly of UP’s Meals and Civil Provides Minister Satish Chandra Sharma with Union Meals Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday.

Joshi additionally chaired a gathering with the senior officers of his ministry and the Meals Company of India (FCI) on Wednesday.

“States like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Delhi have requested the central govt for enhanced targets,” Joshi posted on X.
The general wheat acreage within the nation in rabi 2026 has elevated to about 334.17 lakh hectares in comparison with 328.04 lakh hectares final yr.

As per the second advance estimate of manufacturing of meals grains for 2025-26, wheat manufacturing is prone to attain 120 million metric tonnes — up from 117 million metric tonnes recorded in 2024-25.

As per the buffer norms, a inventory of 74.6 LMT of wheat is required to be maintained as of April 1 yearly. Then, on July 1, the buffer requirement is about at 275 LMT.