707.24 LMT of Paddy procured in KMS 2021-22 (up to 27.02.2022)


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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    Source PIB