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725.93 LMT of paddy procured in KMS 2021-22, 102.29 lakh farmers benefitted
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Thursday, 10 March, 2022, 13 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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Paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 at MSP from farmers, as was done in previous years.
A quantity of 725.93 LMT of paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to March 6, 2022, in the procuring states/UTs of Chandigarh, Gujarat, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, NEF (Tripura), Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Till now about 102.29 lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs 1,42,282.68 crore. 
Paddy Procurement in KMS 2021-22 (upto March 6, 2022)
State/UT
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Quantity of
Paddy
Procurement
(MTs)
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No of farmers benefitted
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MSP value
(Rs. In Crore)
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ANDHRA PRADESH
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3666874
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565566
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7187.07
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TELANGANA
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7022000
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1062428
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13763.12
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ASSAM
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69310
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10098
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135.85
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BIHAR
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4489069
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642007
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8798.58
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CHANDIGARH
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27286
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1781
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53.48
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CHHATTISGARH
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9201000
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2105972
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18033.96
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GUJARAT
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121865
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25081
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238.86
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HARYANA
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5530596
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310083
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10839.97
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HIMACHAL PR.
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27628
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5851
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54.15
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JHARKHAND
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429173
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83493
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841.18
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J&K
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40520
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8724
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79.42
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KARNATAKA
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149587
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49836
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293.19
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KERALA
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259095
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103183
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507.83
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MADHYA PR.
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4582610
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661756
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8981.92
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MAHARASHTRA
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1335973
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474855
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2618.51
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ODISHA
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5454793
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1208900
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10691.39
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PUDUCHERRY
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186
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37
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0.36
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PUNJAB
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18685532
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924299
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36623.64
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NEF (Tripura)
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31250
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14575
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61.25
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TAMILNADU
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2157739
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324576
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4229.17
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UTTAR PRADESH
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6544306
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945878
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12826.84
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UTTRAKHAND
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1156066
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56034
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2265.89
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WEST BENGAL
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1603387
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643401
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3142.64
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RAJASTHAN
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7357
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563
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14.42
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ALL INDIA TOTAL
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72593203
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10228977
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142282.68
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