Odisha has been importing wheat, cereals, edible oils and potato from other States for long to meet people’s day-to-day needs. Odisha imported 5.12 lakh MT of wheat against annual need of 5.19 lakh MT and 64.48 lakh metric tonne of cereals against annual need of 73.46 lakh MT in 2017-18. Similarly, it imported 0.17 lakh metric tonne of edible oil and 9.51 lakh metric tonne of potato against annual needs of 2.45 lakh MT and 12.53 lakh metric tonne respectively. The Minister informed that Odisha imports wheat mostly from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar and pulses from Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Similarly, edible oil is procured from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.