The wheat procurement target has been revised downward to 195 lakh tonnes for the current year from the earlier 444 lakh tonnes due to a fall in wheat output and increased exports.
Global food crisis: More countries imposing controls on agricultural exports - Wheat prices surged to near record on Monday after India said it would ban exports as it deals with an extended, climate-change-driven heatwave.
Muraleedharan was speaking at the ministerial meeting on ‘Global Food Security Call to Action' chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken under the US Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of May.
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