Rs 11,141.28 crores has been paid to the farmers as MSP in Uttar Pradesh

During the current Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2021-22, a record quantity of 56.41 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was procured from 12.98 lakh farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Uttar Pradesh. This is the highest ever procurement of wheat in the history of the state. A total of Rs 11,141.28 crores has been paid to the farmers as MSP. There is an increase of 58 per cent from RMS 2020-21 during which 35.77 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was procured from 6.64 lakh farmers.

It may be noted that the current marketing season of RMS 2021-22 has concluded in most of the wheat procuring states and up to July 8, 2021, a quantity of 433.32 LMT of wheat has been procured (which is an all-time high, as it has exceeded previous high 389.92 LMT of RMS 2020-21) against the last year corresponding purchase of 387.50 LMT. About 49.16 lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with an MSP value of Rs 85,581.02 crore.

Paddy procurement in the ongoing season Kharif 2020-21 is also continuing smoothly in the procuring States with the purchase of 866.05 LMTs of paddy (includes Kharif Crop 707.59 LMT and Rabi Crop 158.46 LMT) up to July 8, 2021, against last year corresponding purchase of 756.80 LMT.