Wheat production down but many crops set for record
- August 18, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Wheat production down but many crops set for record
Subject: Geography
Section: Economic geography
Context:
- The production of wheat is estimated to come down to 106.84 million tonnes in 2021-22 from 109.59 million tonnes in 2020-21, according to the Fourth Advance Estimates of Production of Foodgrains for 2021-22 released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Wednesday.
- The dip in stock is due to lower procurement — 18.794 million tonnes during the current rabi marketing season — and higher outflow on account of allocation of wheat under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) during the last two years.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
- PMGKAY is a part of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) to help the poor fight the battle against Covid-19.
- Its nodal Ministry is the Ministry of Finance.
- It was initially announced for a three-month period (April, May and June 2020), covering 80 crore ration cardholders. Later it was extended till November 2020.
- The scheme aimed at providing each person who is covered under the NFSA (National Food Security Act 2013) with an addition a l5 kg grains (wheat or rice) for free, in addition to the 5 kg of subsidized food grain already provided through the Public Distribution System (PDS).