Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
731.53 LMT of Paddy procured in KMS 2021-22 (up to 13.03.2022)
103.40 Lakh farmers benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,43,380.03 crore
Posted On:
14 MAR 2022 4:44PM 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 731.53 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to 13.03.2022 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 103.40 Lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,43,380.03 crore.
State-wise Paddy Procurement in KMS 2021-22 (upto 13.03.2022)/As on 14.03.2022
|
State/UT
|
Quantity of Paddy Procurement (MTs)
|
No of farmers benefitted
|
MSP value (Rs. In Crore)
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
3753713
|
580467
|
7357.28
|
|
Telangana
|
7022000
|
1062428
|
13763.12
|
|
Assam
|
86173
|
12242
|
168.90
|
|
Bihar
|
4489978
|
642175
|
8800.36
|
|
Chandigarh
|
27286
|
1781
|
53.48
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
9201000
|
2105972
|
18033.96
|
|
Gujarat
|
121865
|
25081
|
238.86
|
|
Haryana
|
5530596
|
310083
|
10839.97
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
27628
|
5851
|
54.15
|
|
Jharkhand
|
490348
|
94625
|
961.08
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
40520
|
8724
|
79.42
|
|
Karnataka
|
173408
|
58027
|
339.88
|
|
Kerala
|
275449
|
109206
|
539.88
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
4582610
|
661756
|
8981.92
|
|
Maharashtra
|
1335973
|
474855
|
2618.51
|
|
Odisha
|
5574670
|
1245961
|
10926.35
|
|
Puducherry
|
217
|
37
|
0.42
|
|
Punjab
|
18685532
|
924299
|
36623.64
|
|
NEF (Tripura)
|
31250
|
14575
|
61.25
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
2383021
|
355000
|
4670.72
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
6553029
|
947326
|
12843.94
|
|
Uttrakhand
|
1156066
|
56034
|
2265.89
|
|
West Bengal
|
1603387
|
643401
|
3142.64
|
|
Rajasthan
|
7357
|
563
|
14.42
|
|
Total
|
73153076
|
10340469
|
143380.03
|
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