हिंदी
So far, highest procurement reported in Punjab with 1,86,85,532 MT
64.07 Lakh farmers benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,04,441.45 crore
DELHI : 10 JAN 2022
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 over 532.86 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 upto 09.01.2022 in the procuring States/UTs of Chandigarh, Gujarat, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, NEF (Tripura), Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Till now about 64.07 Lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,04,441.45 crore.
State-wise Paddy Procurement in KMS 2021-22 (upto 09.01.2022)/As on 10.01.2022
| State/UT | Quantity of Paddy Procurement (MTs) | No of farmers benefitted | MSP value (Rs. In Crore) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1531087 | 214729 | 3000.93 |
| Telangana | 6554739 | 967134 | 12847.29 |
| Assam | 13 | 3 | 0.03 |
| Bihar | 1387525 | 181612 | 2719.55 |
| Chandigarh | 27286 | 1781 | 53.48 |
| Chhattisgarh | 6765986 | 1690459 | 13261.33 |
| Gujarat | 109513 | 22886 | 214.65 |
| Haryana | 5530596 | 310083 | 10839.97 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 27628 | 5851 | 54.15 |
| Jharkhand
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55315 | 11207 | 108.42 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 40520 | 8724 | 79.42 |
| Kerala | 186675 | 71989 | 365.88 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3184827 | 467771 | 6242.26 |
| Maharashtra | 551601 | 188643 | 1081.14 |
| Odisha | 1729048 | 335678 | 3388.93 |
| Punjab | 18685532 | 924299 | 36623.64 |
| NEF (Tripura) | 6465 | 2992 | 12.67 |
| Tamil Nadu | 703388 | 101218 | 1378.64 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4650290 | 656162 | 9114.57 |
| Uttrakhand | 1156066 | 56034 | 2265.89 |
| West Bengal | 395000 | 186696 | 774.20 |
| Rajasthan | 7357 | 563 | 14.42 |
| Total | 53286457 | 6406514 | 104441.45 |
State-wise Paddy Procurement in KMS 2020-21 (upto 09.01.2022)/As on 10.01.2022
| State/UT | Quantity of Paddy Procurement (MTs) | No of farmers benefitted | MSP value (Rs. In Crore) |
| ANDHRA PRADESH | 8457120 | 803945 | 15967.04 |
| TELANGANA | 14108787 | 2164354 | 26637.39 |
| ASSAM | 211615 | 20401 | 399.53 |
| BIHAR | 3558882 | 497097 | 6719.17 |
| CHANDIGARH | 28349 | 1575 | 53.52 |
| CHHATTISGARH | 7124639 | 2053490 | 13451.32 |
| DELHI | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| GUJARAT | 110244 | 23799 | 208.14 |
| HARYANA | 5654735 | 549466 | 10676.14 |
| HIMACHAL PR. | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| JHARKHAND | 629061 | 104092 | 1187.67 |
| J&K | 38119 | 7385 | 71.97 |
| KARNATAKA | 206204 | 54319 | 389.31 |
| KERALA | 764885 | 252160 | 1444.10 |
| MADHYA PR. | 3726554 | 587223 | 7035.73 |
| MAHARASHTRA | 1898993 | 624292 | 3585.30 |
| ODISHA | 7732713 | 1394647 | 14599.36 |
| PUDUCHERRY | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| PUNJAB | 20282433 | 1057674 | 38293.23 |
| NEF (Tripura) | 24239 | 14434 | 45.76 |
| TAMILNADU | 4490222 | 852152 | 8477.54 |
| U.P. (EAST) | 4287395 | 670136 | 8094.60 |
| U.P. (WEST) | 2396882 | 352150 | 4525.31 |
| TOTAL UP | 6684277 | 1022286 | 12619.91 |
| UTTRAKHAND | 1072158 | 78129 | 2024.23 |
| WEST BENGAL | 2779064 | 949362 | 5246.87 |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL | 89583293 | 13112282 | 169133.26 |
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