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Paddy procurement for KMS 2022-23 (Kharif crop) is progressing smoothly in 13 procuring States/UTs viz. Punjab, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, J&K, Kerala, Telangana, Haryana and Tamil Nadu with purchase of over 231 LMT of paddy upto 10.11.2022 against the previous year corresponding paddy purchase of about 228 LMT. Over 13.50 Lakh farmers have already been benefited from the ongoing KMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs. 47644 crores. The rainfall condition this year has been fairly good in the country and the production of paddy is expected to remain ... Read more

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.   ... Read more

To curb and abate air pollution during the ongoing harvest season, the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has been actively monitoring paddy residue burning events from 15th September 2021 onwards in the states of Punjab, Haryana and 8 National Capital Region (NCR) Districts of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.). As per the report based on the protocol framed by ISRO for the Commission, paddy residue burning events have been reduced by 69.49% in Punjab, by 18.28% in Haryana and by 47.61% in the 8 NCR Districts of Uttar Pradesh during the one-month period compared to the ... Read more

Procurement of Wheat in ongoing RMS 2021-22 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States at MSP, as was done in previous seasons and till now (upto 04.06.2021) a quantity of over 413.91 LMT of Wheat has been procured (which is all time high, as it has exceeded previous high 389.92 LMT of RMS 2020-21) against the last year corresponding purchase of 368.45 LMT. About 45.06 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs. 81,747.81 Crore Paddy procurement in the ongoing   season Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States with ... Read more

In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at MSP from farmers as per existing MSP Schemes, as was done in previous seasons. Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal and Tripura with purchase of over 684.48 LMTs of paddy up to 19.03.2021.This is an increase of 13.51 % against the last year corresponding purchase of 602.97 LMT. ... Read more