Author: jettsingh62

Procurement of Wheat in Rabi Marketing Season 2021-22 going on smoothly in States/UTs

Procurement of Wheat has recently commenced in Rabi Marketing Season RMS2021-22 in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir at MSP, as was done in previous seasons, and till now (upto28.04.2021) a quantity of 258.74 LMT of Wheat has been procured benefitting 25,08,619 farmers with MSP value of Rs. 51,100.83Crore. Paddy procurement in the ongoing seasonKharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States with purchase of over 715.35 LMTs of paddy  (includes Kharif Crop 705.06LMT and Rabi Crop 10.29LMT)upto28.04.2021against the last year corresponding purchase of 651.40 LMT. ... Read more