India: High temperature unlikely to damage wheat crops, says Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra
Wheat
India
Published Mar 4, 2023
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Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra asserted that wheat crops are unlikely to get damaged although temperatures are little bit on higher side and exuded confidence of achieving a record output of 112 million tonne in this crop year ending June. The secretary said the ban on wheat exports would continue, boosting the availability of grains for the government procurement. He said the government would procure around 35 million tonnes of wheat in 2023-24 marketing year (April-March). The bulk of procurement of wheat, a major rabi crop, takes place between April and June. Chopra said wheat prices have come down and would ease further after the arrival of new crop. (On Wednesday), we had a meeting with state food secretaries, which was followed by a meeting with state food ministers. And what we have discovered in the meeting is that the food scenario in the country is very, very comfortable, Chopra said on the sidelines of an event on Thursday evening. The weather department made a ...
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