India: Multi-agency approach to help the goverment get 34 million tons of wheat
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게시됨 2023년 5월 30일
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The department of food and public distribution will ensure procurement of 34 million tonnes of wheat in the ongoing 2023-24 rabi marketing season by taking a multi-agency procurement approach. Falling market arrivals are lowering the pace of wheat procurement by the government, particularly in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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In these states, procurement of wheat has been lower due to the better prices offered by traders and millers, which attract induce farmers to sell in the market rather than to the government. Currently, the department of food and public distribution procures wheat only through Food Corp of India (FCI), which so far in the current rabi marketing season has purchased 26.1 mt against its estimated target of 34.1 mt. With the new multi-agency approach, other than FCI, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), Panchayats and non-DCP (decentralised procurement scheme) will be used to ensure the target is met. Queries mailed to the ministry of food and public distribution remained unanswered at press time. The government fixes an estimated target for procurement of grains like wheat taking the maximum figure into consideration, so that funds are arranged in prior hand and payment could be made to farmers at the earliest after the purchase. Wheat in key ...