Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly with purchase of over 362.31 Lakh Metric Tonnes of paddy up to 9th of this month against last year’s corresponding purchase of 298.79 LMT. This is an increase of 21.25 per cent over last year. Out of the total purchase of 362.31 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.77 LMT which is 55.96 percent of total procurement.
About 38.62 lakh farmers have already been benefited from the ongoing procurement operations with MSP value of over 68 thousand 405 crore rupees.
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