The Government has no plans to import wheat as it has sufficient stocks to meet the country’s requirements, official sources said.
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has enough stock for public distribution, they added.
“There are no plans to import wheat into India. The country has sufficient stocks to meet our domestic requirements,” a source said.
The comments come against the backdrop of some reports which said India may import the foodgrain.
India’s wheat production is projected to have declined nearly 3 per cent to 106.84 million tonnes while the overall foodgrain production is estimated to have touched record 315.72 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year.
Wheat production is estimated to have declined due to a heatwave that resulted in shrivelled grains in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana.