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Which is the largest wheat producing states in India?

April 26, 2017Geography India largest Mathematics producing wheat

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Which is the largest wheat producing states in India?

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WHEAT : The major Wheat producing states in India is placed in the Northern part of the country with UP, Punjab and Haryana contributing to nearly 80% of the total wheat production. RICE : The Marketing Year for rice in India is from October to September. Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Government nodal agency responsible for the procurement of rice does the maximum procurement in India to maintain buffer stock and for various other Government sponsored schemes like Food for Work programme. Rice procurement during the marketing year MY 2003/04 was a record 22.4 million tons. Procurement during MY 2003/04 was largely from Punjab (8.7 MMT), Andhra Pradesh (4.1 MMT), Uttar Pradesh (2.6 MMT), Chattisgarh (2.3 MMT), Haryana (1.3 MMT), Orissa (1.2 MMT) and West Bengal (0.9 MMT).