Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
326 LMT paddy procured from states in Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22
25.94 Lakh farmers benefit from the procurement with MSP value of Rs. 63,897.73 crore
Posted On:
09 DEC 2021 4:22PM by PIB Delhi
Paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 from farmers, at MSP like it was done in the previous years.
As on 08.12.2021, the quantity of 326.00sLMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 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, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Till now about 25.94 Lakh farmers have been benefitted from the procurement with MSP value of Rs. 63,897.73 crore.
****
DJN/NS
(Release ID: 1779740)
Visitor Counter : 836