Tag: Wheat
Approximately 70% more Wheat procured by Government agencies during current RMS in comparison to corresponding period of last year
In the ongoing Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2021-22, Government of India is continuing to procure Rabi crops at MSP from farmers as per existing Price Support Scheme.About 28.80 Lakh Wheat farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement Operations. About Rs17,495 Crore has already been transferred directly into Punjab farmers’ account during ongoing RMS 2021-22. This is for the first time that the farmers of Punjab have started receiving payments directly into their bank accounts against sale of their Wheat crop. Wheat procurement is going on at brisk pace in the procuring States/UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, ... Read more
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