Food market experts are surprised by the order. “It shows that claim of bumper production is questionable,” said Sandeep Bansal of Grain Flour India Pvt. Ltd.Recently, the government said food inflation is at its lowest level in six years, and that it may consider removing the export ban. However, government officials said the wheat procurement has not reached the given target despite an all-out effort. So far the government procured 298.17 LMT wheat against the target of 332.7 LMT.Like in previous years, the contribution of Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan dominated the procurement season. However, the UP contributed only around 10 LMT against the target of 30 LMT. Bihar contributed nearly 18,000 tonnes against 2 LMT.“The lower contribution from Uttar Pradesh has hit the total procurement,” said a senior official at the ministry.
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