Government has said that more than 60 lakh 67 thousand paddy farmers have been benefited from current Kharif Marketing Season Procurement Operations with Minimum Support Price (MSP) value of over 90 thousand 502 crore rupees. Agriculture Ministry said, around 480 lakh tonnes of paddy have been procured from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal. It said, the government continues to procure Kharif crops at its Minimum Support Price from farmers as per its existing MSP schemes.
The Ministry said, approval was accorded for procurement of over 51 lakh tonnes of Pulse and Oilseeds from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme. A quantity of over 73 lakh Cotton Bales valuing more than 21 thousand crore rupees has been procured benefitting over 14 lakh farmers.
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