Nearly 95.81 lakh farmers have been benefitted from the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season procurement operations with MSP value of over one lakh 24 thousand 826 crore rupees. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in a statement said that Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States and Union Territories including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal.
So far over 661 lakh Metric Tonnes of paddy have been procured which shows an increase of 16.48 per cent against the last year corresponding purchase of 567.60 lakh Metric Tonnes.
The Ministry said, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 51.92 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme.
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