LUCKNOW, June 11 -- Despite a bumper wheat harvest and special measures to boost procurement, Uttar Pradesh is set to record one of its lowest wheat purchases in recent decades, with procurement unlikely to cross 20 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) against a revised target of 25 LMT.

The 2026 Rabi marketing season will officially end on June 15, though procurement activity has virtually ceased. So far, the state has procured 19.86 LMT of wheat, achieving less than 80% of the target. While this marks the highest procurement in the past three years and is nearly double last year's purchase, the figure remains modest for the country's largest wheat-producing state.

Officials said that in view of the state's poor procurement record over the past th...