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Detail

Area

India

Commodity Group

Grains

Commodity

Wheat

Date

02/06/2013

Policy Category

Consumption and marketing

Policy Instrument

Government procurement

Description

Issued statement from the Food Ministry that 2013/14 wheat procurement was forecast to decline to 25 million tonnes (from 38 million the previous year), down from initial estimates of about 4445 million tonnes.