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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 over 532.86 LMT of Paddy had been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to January 9, 2022, in the procuring States/UTs of Chandigarh, Gujarat, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, NEF (Tripura), Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Till now about 64.07 Lakh farmers have benefitted with MSP value of Rs 1,04,441.45 crore, according to a PIB release.