Wheat output likely to rise by 5 MT this year: Gyanendra Singh

India is likely to produce 112 million tonnes of wheat during the harvest period, which will be 5 million tonnes more than last year, he added. "This year, farmers have used new seeds, which have better tolerance to heat and are high yielding in nature," Singh said, adding the new varieties are DBW 187, DBW 303, DBW 222, DBW 327 and DBW 332.

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