Jalandhar, April 22 -- Punjab food and civil supplies minister Lal Chand Kataruchak on Monday said that the state's grain markets are witnessing a robust arrival of wheat, with an average of 10 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of the crop arriving daily across Punjab.

During his visit to the grain market in Phillaur, the minister inspected ongoing procurement operations and interacted with farmers present at the site. He informed that wheat procurement was approaching its peak, with over 37 lakh MT of wheat having already arrived at 1,864 designated purchase centres across the state. Of this, procurement agencies have purchased 33.50 lakh MTs at Minimum Support Price (MSP), amounting to Rs.2,425 per quintal.

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