More than 654 lakh paddy farmers benefit from current Kharif Marketing Season Procurement Operations
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Government has said that more than 64 lakh paddy farmers have been benefited from current Kharif Marketing Season Procurement Operations with Minimum Support Price, MSP value of over 94 thousand crore rupees. Agriculture Ministry said, government continues to procure Kharif crops at its Minimum Support Price from farmers as per its existing MSP schemes. Around 499 lakh tonnes of paddy have been procured from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal.
The Ministry said, approval was accorded for procurement of over 51 lakh 66 thousand 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 75 lakh Cotton Bales valuing more than 22 thousand crore rupees has been procured benefitting over 14 lakh 81 thousand farmers.
