date:Jun 23, 2014
close to double digits. State procurement agency Food Corp of India has bought 27.6 million tonnes of new-season wheat from local farmers so far this year and will likely purchase a total of 28 million tonnes in the whole of 2014, said a government source, declining to be identified. The government-backed corporation bought 25.9 million tonnes of wheat from local farmers in 2013. Unlike rice, Indian farmers grow only one wheat crop a year, with planting from October and harvests in March.