Chandigarh, March 31 -- Even as wheat harvesting is expected to begin at full scale in mid-April owing to late rainfall in the month of March, Punjab food and civil supplies minister Lal Chand Kataruchak on Monday announced the state government will start procurement on April 1. In a review meeting, he directed the district food supply controllers to make sure that wheat from outside the state is not sold in Punjab mandis. The minister apprised that the state has received a cash credit limit of Rs.30,973 crore for the month of April. Besides, the state has a target of procuring 122 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat. As many as 1,897 procurement centres have been notified and the minimum support price (MSP) has been fixed at Rs.2,585 per quintal. htc...