No adverse impact of wheat export ban on farmers’ income; domestic prices above MSP: Narendra Singh Tomar
Neither there is a wheat crisis in the country, nor an adverse impact of export ban of the commodity on farmers’ income, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Friday. Domestic wheat prices are ruling above Minimum Support Price (MSP) even after the export ban, he said.
Tomar, in his written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, said the country’s wheat production is pegged at 106.41 million tonnes in 2021-22 according to the government’s third advance estimate.
The government’s third wheat estimate is slightly lower than previous year, but the minister said it is above the average annual wheat production of 103.89 million tonnes achieved during the last five years since 2016-17.
Farmers worry as rainfall deficit hits 49% in Jharkhand
Scanty showers continue to worry farmers of Jharkhand as the monsoon rain deficit climbed to 49 per cent on Monday, the highest in the country after UP, a weather official said. Seven states are facing rainfall deficit in the country with UP recording the highest shortfall at 54 per cent. Bihar has a deficit of 45 per cent, just after Jharkhand, as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Jharkhand has received well-distributed rainfall over the past couple of days, which helped in bringing down the deficit by 2 per cent since July 22, but is not enough for paddy sowing, as per farmers.
“Jharkhand is among the few states in the country which are facing rainfall deficit. The state’s rainfall distribution is good but the quantity is very poor. Until there is a strong system, the rainfall deficit will not come down,” said Abhishek Anand, the in-charge of Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
Zero procurement of Rabi crops in Delhi since 2016-17 by FCI at MSP: Study
There has been zero procurement of Rabi crops in Delhi since 2016-17 by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) at the minimum support price, said a research study conducted by the planning department under the Delhi government.
Procurement has been “abysmally low” in general and gone down to nil since 2016-17, said the study, recently released in the public domain.
The procurement of Rabi crops (mainly wheat) was 4,763 metric tonne (MT) in 2011-12 and 13,524 MT in 2012-13 at Narela Mandi. It was 3,268 MT in 2011-12 and 17,071 MT in 2012-13 at Najafgarh Mandi, the study said, citing data sourced from FCI Regional Office here.
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