532.86 LMT of Paddy procured in KMS 2021-22, highest procurement in Punjab

11 Jan 2022 , 10:59 AM

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution announced that the paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 at MSP from farmers, as was done in previous years.

As per the ministry data, a quantity of over 532.86 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to January 09, 2022.

The procuring was in the 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.

So far, the highest procurement reported in Punjab with 1,86,85,532 MT

Till now about 64.07 Lakh farmers have been benefitted with an MSP value of Rs1,04,441.45cr.