New Delhi, June 19 -- The Centre is confident of maintaining wheat-rice allocations under its Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) this year, buoyed by strong wheat procurement - a politically sensitive development ahead of key state elections, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

Under PM-GKAY, 813.5 million beneficiaries receive 5 kg of free food grains each month-currently split as 2 kg wheat and 3 kg rice-translating to an annual wheat requirement of around 19.5 million tonnes (mt). Wheat procurement in the 2025-26 Rabi marketing season (April-June) has already crossed 30 mt, nearing the government's target of 33.37 mt, according to data from the Food Corp. of India (FCI) data.

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