No Adverse Impact On Farmers' Income Due To Wheat Export Ban: Minister
NDTV
Agriculture minister, in a written reply said the country's wheat production is pegged at 106.41 million tonnes in 2021-22 according to the centre's third advance estimate.
Neither there is a wheat crisis in the country, nor an adverse impact of the export ban of the commodity on farmers' income, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Friday.
Domestic wheat prices are ruling above the Minimum Support Price (MSP) even after the export ban, he said.
Mr Tomar, in his written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, said the country's wheat production is pegged at 106.41 million tonnes in 2021-22 according to the government's third advance estimate.
The government's third wheat estimate is slightly lower than the previous year, but the minister said it is above the average annual wheat production of 103.89 million tonnes achieved during the last five years since 2016-17.
