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New Delhi : The paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 at MSP from farmers, as was done in previous years.
A quantity of 290.98 LMT of Paddy was procured in KMS 2021-22 till November 30, 2021, in the procuring States/UTs of Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh. Till now about 18.17 lakh farmers have benefitted with MSP value of Rs 57,032.03 crore.
So far, the maximum procurement in the ongoing KMS season is done from Punjab (18685532 MT) followed by Haryana (5530596 MT) and Uttar Pradesh (1242593 MT). The procurement in other states is also gaining momentum, according to a PIB release.
In KMS 2020-21, at least 13113417 farmers had benefitted with MSP value of Rs 168823.23 crore (as on 30.11.2021) and procurement of 89419081 MT was done.