Government Wheat Offtake Not Encouraging

09-Feb-2026 11:08 AM

New Delhi: The government agency, the Food Corporation of India (FCI), is not achieving the expected success in selling wheat from its stocks under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) because, firstly,

the minimum reserve price is high, and secondly, millers/processors already have a good stock of wheat. Simultaneously, supply in the open market is also normal.

According to available data, in the auction held on November 12, 2025, 200,000 tonnes of wheat were offered for sale, of which only 35 percent, or about 70,000 tonnes, were lifted.

Similarly, in the auction on November 26, 2025, against an offer of 200,000 tonnes, only 39 percent, or 79,000 tonnes, were sold.

The situation was somewhat better in the auction held on January 14, 2026, when only 100,000 tonnes were offered, and 92,000 tonnes, or 92 percent, were sold.

The situation was also good in the auction on January 21, 2026, when a total of 107,500 tonnes of wheat were offered for sale, and 82 percent, or about 89,000 tonnes, were sold.

Following this, in the auction on January 28, 2026, 117,500 tonnes were offered, of which about 85,000 tonnes, or 72 percent, were lifted.

The last auction was held on February 4, where against an offer of 126,000 tonnes, 83,000 tonnes, or 66 percent, of wheat could be lifted.