<span style="color: #222222;">Food and Public Distribution Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey chaired a meeting of State Food Secretaries today to discuss the arrangements for procurement of Wheat during the ensuing Rabi Marketing season 2021-22 and that of Rice of Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A total quantity of over 427 lakh Metric Tonne wheat has been estimated for procurement during the forthcoming Rabi Marketing Season 2021-22 which is 9.56 per cent more than the 389.93 Lakh Metric Tonne procured during Rabi Marketing Season 2020-21.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Similarly, a total quantity of 119.72 lakh Metric Tonne rice (Rabi crop) has been estimated for procurement during the forthcoming rabi crop of current Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 which is 24.43 per cent more than the 96.21 lakh Metric Tonne procurement of rice (Rabi crop) during Kharif Marketing Season 2019-20.</span>