India, April 19 -- Government agencies have started procurement. Until 18th Aprilandrsquo;19 government has procured around 25.33 lakh tonnes of wheat. Of the total quantity procured, around 13.68 lakh tonnes have been procured from Haryana, 8.76 lakh tonnes from Madhya Pradesh, 1.19 lakh tonnes from Rajasthan, 0.93 lakh tonnes from Uttar Pradesh, 0.75 lakh tonnes from Punjab and 0.02 lakh tonnes from Gujarat. In Rabi marketing season 2019-20 government has set procurement target of 35.70 MMT.
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