New Delhi [India], Wheat procurement during Rabi Marketing Season 2024-25 is going on smoothly in major purchasing states across the country, 262.48 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured so far this year, which is the same as last year. Total procurement is more than 262.02 lakh tonnes. A total of 22.31 lakh farmers have benefited from a total MSP outflow of Rs 59,715 crore, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said in an update on Friday, with the major contribution to the procurement coming from the five purchasing states - Punjab Haryana. At the start of the season, the food ministry estimated to procure 30-30 MT of wheat this season, with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh purchasing 124.2 LMT, 71.49 LMT, 47.78 LMT, 9.66 LMT and 9.07 LMT respectively. Was. The government had announced MSP of Rs 2275 per quintal for wheat, which is Rs 150 per quintal more than the last season. Apart from MSP, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have announced a bonus of Rs 125 per quintal to boost procurement in their states.(ANI Rice procurement is also going on smoothly, with the government saying 728.42 lakh tonnes of paddy, equivalent to 489.15 LMT rice, has been procured directly from 98.26 lakh farmers during the Kharif Marketing Season 2023-24, taking the total MSP outflow to around Rs 160,472. With the above quantum of procurement, the combined stock of wheat and rice in the central pool exceeds 600 LMT, making the country comfortable in meeting its requirements of food grains under the free food program Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. PMGKAY) and other welfare schemes and also for market intervention, the government said it banned the export of non-Basmati white rice from July 2020 to check domestic prices and ensure domestic food security. Has gone. However, the central government has allowed the export of non-Basmati white rice. Basmati white rice in various countries, on the basis of permission given by the government to other countries to meet their food security needs and on the basis of the request of their government, meanwhile, as per the forecast of south-west monsoon, IMD, Set to reach Kerala coast on June 1.This will be an important monitor going forward. There are three crop seasons in India – summer, kharif and rabi. The south-west monsoon generally enters Kerala on 1 June with a standard deviation of about seven days. These rains are important, especially for rain-dependent Kharif crops. There are three crop seasons in India – summer, kharif and rabi crops which are sown during October and November and rabi produce which is harvested from January onwards depending on maturity. Crops sown during June–July, which depend on monsoon rains, are harvested in October–November, which are Kharif.Crops grown between Rabi and Kharif are summer crops. Paddy, moong, millet, maize, groundnut, soybean and cotton are some of the major Kharif crops.