Uttar Pradesh likely to miss 8 mt wheat procurement target by a wide margin

However, the current procurement of 3 mt is four times the cumulative procurement clocked in 2016

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government is likely to miss its wheat procurement target in the current rabi marketing season. The Yogi Adityanath government has procured only three million tonnes (mt) of wheat so far since April 1, which is just 40 per cent of the target of eight mt, even as only a fortnight remains before the procurement season ends on June 15.

However, the current procurement of three mt is four times the cumulative procurement clocked in 2016, which was less than 800,000 tonnes against the target of 4.5 mt in the Akhilesh Yadav's dispensation.

The state farmers have been