New Delhi, June 12 -- The government has purchased nearly 30 million tonnes of rabi or winter-sown wheat, the highest in four years, on the back of a robust crop, but the country isn't looking to remove curbs on export, an official said, requesting anonymity. Better harvests in the world's second-biggest wheat producer will help to keep a lid on inflation and supplies steady. The country had banned exports of the grain in 2022 as the Russia-Ukraine conflict pushed global cereal prices to multi-year highs. "At present, there is no proposal for a change in the existing export policy," the official cited above said, implying that export curbs would continue. The country has continued with export restrictions as extreme heat shrivelled crops in 2023 and 2024 amid market speculation that the country might have to rely on small quantities of imports. The country however managed without overseas purchases. The Food Corporation of India, the Centre's main grain-handling agency, purchased 29.95 million tonnes of the grain against the roughly 31 million tonnes it had hoped to procure, according to official estimates. The purchases exceed the FCI's annual requirement of 18.4 million tons to run the world's largest food security programme. Punjab contributed the most to state-backed purchases at 12.4 million tonnes....