Wheat procurement has gone up substantially. It crossed 3 crore 70 lakh tonnes mark in this rabi marketing season so far. An official release says, this is one crore tonnes more than the procurement made by this day last year. Punjab led the states with the procurement figure touching more than one crore tonnes, followed by Haryana with more than 86 lakh tonnes.
News On AIR | June 22, 2012 5:30 PM
Wheat procurement goes up substantially