Centre procures 725 LMT of paddy with MSP value of Rs1,42,282 crore till March 06

8 Mar 2022 , 09:09 AM

As per the information released by the Centre, 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 725.93 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to March 06, 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, Karnataka, West Bengal, NEF (Tripura), Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Till now about 102.29 Lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs1,42,282.68 crore, said Centre in a released data.