Out with the truth on wheat output

What is this year’s wheat production? The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) maintains it is 93.62 million tonnes (mt) output, according to its third advance estimates put out on May 3. The Food Ministry has been consistently whittling down its estimates of total procurement by government agencies in the ongoing marketing season, first from 44 mt to 35 mt, and then to 30-33 mt.

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