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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.
Altogether 443.49 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to December 26, 2021, in the procuring States/UTs of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, and Rajasthan. Till now about 47.03 lakh farmers have benefitted with MSP value of Rs 86,924.46 crore, according to a PIB release.