Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
707.24 LMT of Paddy procured in KMS 2021-22 (up to 27.02.2022)
96.41 Lakh farmers benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,38,619.58 crore
Posted On:
28 FEB 2022 3:56PM by PIB 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 707.24 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to 27.02.2022 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 96.41 Lakh farmers have been benefitted with an MSP value of Rs. 1,38,619.58 crore.
Paddy Procurement in KMS 2021-22 (upto 27.02.2022)/ As on 28.02.2022)
|
State/UT
|
Quantity of Paddy Procurement (MTs)
|
No of the farmers benefitted
|
MSP value (Rs. In Crore)
|
|
| |
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
3560032
|
547556
|
6977.66
|
|
|
TELANGANA
|
7022000
|
1062428
|
13763.12
|
|
|
ASSAM
|
50523
|
7612
|
99.03
|
|
|
BIHAR
|
4453762
|
635434
|
8729.37
|
|
|
CHANDIGARH
|
27286
|
1781
|
53.48
|
|
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
9201000
|
2105972
|
18033.96
|
|
|
GUJARAT
|
121865
|
25081
|
238.86
|
|
|
HARYANA
|
5530596
|
310083
|
10839.97
|
|
|
HIMACHAL PR.
|
27628
|
5851
|
54.15
|
|
|
JHARKHAND
|
373042
|
72877
|
731.16
|
|
|
J&K
|
40520
|
8724
|
79.42
|
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
112037
|
36927
|
219.59
|
|
|
KERALA
|
247321
|
98161
|
484.75
|
|
|
MADHYA PR.
|
4582610
|
661756
|
8981.92
|
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
1333414
|
469767
|
2613.49
|
|
|
ODISHA
|
5200081
|
1138157
|
10192.16
|
|
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
140
|
37
|
0.28
|
|
|
PUNJAB
|
18685532
|
924299
|
36623.64
|
|
|
NEF (Tripura)
|
31250
|
14575
|
61.25
|
|
|
TAMILNADU
|
1918889
|
291465
|
3761.02
|
|
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
6493889
|
937104
|
12728.02
|
|
|
UTTRAKHAND
|
1156066
|
56034
|
2265.89
|
|
|
WEST BENGAL
|
547436
|
228369
|
1072.97
|
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
7357
|
563
|
14.42
|
|
|
ALL INDIA TOTAL
|
70724277
|
9640613
|
138619.58
|
|
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