RAS question
What was Madhya Pradesh's revised wheat procurement goal for 2025-26 as mentioned in the 26 April 2026 clarification?
Correct answer: (D) 100 lakh metric tonnes.
Madhya Pradesh's revised wheat procurement goal for 2025-26 was 100 lakh metric tonnes.
Explanation
The 26 April 2026 clarification said Madhya Pradesh raised its wheat procurement target from 78 lakh metric tonnes to 100 lakh metric tonnes. The Business Standard report links this upward revision to a request from the Madhya Pradesh government, made because production was higher than expected. That matters because the question asks for the revised goal, not the original target. The source also places this point within a wider wheat-production assessment in which procurement data from major wheat-growing states was used to indicate healthy production on the ground. So, among the options, 100 lakh metric tonnes is the final revised Madhya Pradesh target; 78 lakh metric tonnes is only the earlier figure.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 56.13 lakh metric tonnes refers to Haryana wheat already purchased in the procurement data, not Madhya Pradesh's revised target.
- (B) 75 lakh metric tonnes is tied to Haryana's procurement target in the report, not the revised Madhya Pradesh figure.
- (C) 78 lakh metric tonnes was Madhya Pradesh's initial procurement target before it was raised, so it is not the revised goal.
Concept
This tests agricultural procurement and public food-management data, especially how state targets are revised when output estimates change. RAS repeats such figures because they link current economic policy, crop production and Centre-state procurement operations.