Govt’s paddy procurement touches 881.30 lakh tonne as of August 30

01 Sep 2022 Evaluate

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said that paddy procurement under the central pool has been progressing smoothly for the Kharif marketing season 2021-22 across various States and Union territories.

As of August 30, 2022, a total of 881.30 lakh tonne of paddy has been procured. This includes 759.32 lakh tonne from Kharif and 121.98 lakh tonne from Rabi season. The procurement drive benefited about 130.65 lakh farmers with a Minimum Support Price value of Rs 172,734.69 crore.

Coming to wheat, a quantity of 187.92 lakh tonne has been procured during the Rabi marketing season 2022-23. This procurement benefited about 17.83 lakh farmers with a Minimum Support Price value of Rs 37,866.13 crore. The total procurement value of paddy and wheat is pegged at around Rs 2.1 trillion.

During the 2020-21 marketing season, the government had procured 895.83 lakh tonne of paddy at a MSP value of Rs 1,69,133.26 crore. The government undertakes procurement operations through state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) as well as state agencies.

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