More than 45 Lakh Paddy Farmers benefit from current Kharif Marketing Season Procurement
FILE PIC (DD NEWS)
More than 48 Lakh Paddy Farmers benefit from current Kharif Marketing Season Procurement Government has said that 48 lakh 28 thousand paddy farmers have been benefitted from current Kharif Marketing Season Procurement Operations with MSP value of over 77 thousand 608 crore rupees.
Agriculture Ministry said, over 411 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 Pardesh, Maharashtra and Bihar. Out of the total purchase, Punjab alone has contributed more than 202 lakh tonnes which is 49.33 per cent of total procurement.
The Ministry said, approval was accorded for procurement of over 51 lakh 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.
