A quantity of 290.98 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to 30.11.2021
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 290.98 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to 30.11.2021 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 and Andhra Pradesh.
Till now about 18.17 lakh farmers have been benefitted with an MSP value of Rs 57,032.03 crore. So far, the maximum procurement in the ongoing KMS season is done from Punjab (18685532MT) followed by Haryana (5530596MT) and Uttar Pradesh (1242593MT). The procurement in other states is also gaining momentum.
Pertinently, in KMS 2020-21, at least 13113417 farmers have benefitted with an MSP value of Rs 168823.23 crore (as of 30.11.2021) and procurement of 89419081 MT was done.
