This year, there has been a special increase in the purchase of private wheat in Punjab. According to experts, there was a similar increase in such purchases in 2006. He says the purchase has reached the highest level after 19 years. The new figures are approaching with the old record. Even today, in the last two decades, the last two decades of 2006 is considered the most private wheat procurement year from traders. According to experts, this shows a significant change in Punjab.
How much is the total purchase so far
Until Wednesday, private traders have bought 9.28 lakh tonnes of wheat in Punjab, citing the official data of the Indian Express Punjab Mandi Board. According to the Indian Food Corporation (FCI), a greater growth in private procurement took place in 2006. At the time, private traders bought 13.12 lakh tonnes of wheat. In 2007, there was a private purchase of 9.18 lakh tonnes. If this trend continues, this season can be equally or crossed the 2006 private purchase record.
This time the bumper crop is done
A senior officer said, “We hope that this will reach the record of 2006 by the end of the season.” The wheat purchased by private traders is a large part of 114.16 lakh tonnes of wheat purchased at the current procurement session. Total wheat arrivals in the state’s mandas are 115.57 lakh tonnes, meaning that private players have more than 8 percent of the total purchase. This purchase is special because government purchases agencies are always dominated by the state. Buying wheat in the state is still ongoing, which lasts two weeks. This year’s bumper crop is expected to be expected this year as the weather conditions are favorable throughout the season.
There will be more purchase now
In recent years, private purchase statistics have been very low. It was 7.55 lakh tonnes by 2024. At the same time, it was 4.69 lakh tonnes in 2023, which was 6.33 lakh tonnes in 2022, only 1.14 lakh tonnes in 2021, 1.93 lakh tonnes in 2020, 2019 and 2.06 lacquer ton and 2.06 lagar ton and 2.06 Lock Ton and 2.06 Lock Ton and 2.06 Lock Ton and 2.06 Lock Ton and 2.06 Lock Ton and 2.06 Lock Ton and 2.06 Lock Ton and 2.06 Lock Ton and 2.06 Lock Ton. In Punjab, its daily processing capacity is 7,400 tonnes of wheat. However, he usually works at about 50 percent of the ability. This means that the annual processing capacity is about 15 liters. Millers are mainly focusing on providing flour, semolina and maida in Punjab and other states. In the coming days, Miller hopes that two to three lakh tonnes of wheat and can be purchased. The remaining three lakh tonnes of farmers can be purchased directly because many farmers have since saved a part of their production to sell private traders.
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