The government today said that the standing wheat crop has not been affected due to recent unseasonal rains.
"We have checked with four states - Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. There is no damage," Agriculture Secretary Shobhana Pattanayak told reporters.
However, the harvesting will be delayed for 4-5 days where the crop is still wet, he added.
There have been sporadic unseasonal rains in some of the wheat growing states for last three days.
The government is estimating a record 96.6 million tonnes of wheat in the 2016-17 crop year (July-June).
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