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695.67 LMT of Paddy procured in KMS 2021-22 (up to 20.02.2022)

94.15 Lakh farmers benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,36,350.74 crore

Posted On: 21 FEB 2022 4:35PM by PIB Delhi

The 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 695.67 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 upto 20.02.2022 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 94.15 Lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,36,350.74 crore.

 

Paddy Procurement in KMS 2021-22 (upto 20.02.2022)/ As on 21.02.2022
State/UT Quantity of Paddy Procurement (MTs) No of farmers benefitted MSP value (Rs. In Crore)
ANDHRA PRADESH 3449237 529290 6760.50
TELANGANA 7022000 1062428 13763.12
ASSAM 35296 5593 69.18
BIHAR 4250220 598757 8330.43
CHANDIGARH 27286 1781 53.48
CHHATTISGARH 9201000 2105972 18033.96
DELHI 0 0 0.00
GUJARAT 121865 25081 238.86
HARYANA 5530596 310083 10839.97
HIMACHAL PR. 27628 5851 54.15
JHARKHAND 307084 60445 601.88
J&K 40520 8724 79.42
KARNATAKA 73348 23737 143.76
KERALA 231454 91929 453.65
MADHYA PR. 4582610 661756 8981.92
MAHARASHTRA 1329901 468641 2606.61
ODISHA 4937749 1070693 9677.99
PUDUCHERRY 46 19 0.09
PUNJAB 18685532 924299 36623.64
NEF (Tripura) 31197 14575 61.15
TAMILNADU 1566401 239460 3070.15
U.P. (EAST) 4274110 654008 8377.26
U.P. (WEST) 2130764 266569 4176.30
TOTAL UP 6404874 920577 12553.55
UTTRAKHAND 1156066 56034 2265.89
WEST BENGAL 547436 228369 1072.97
RAJASTHAN 7357 563 14.42
ALL INDIA TOTAL 69566703 9414657 136350.74
Source: FCI Daily Bulletin

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