Procurement of wheat in ongoing Rabi Marketing Season 2021 crosses 400 Lakh Metric Tonnes mark

The procurement of wheat in the ongoing Rabi Marketing Season 2021-22 has crossed 400 Lakh Metric Tonnes mark. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in a statement said that so far, a quantity of over 400.45 Lakh Metric Tonnes of wheat has been procured which is an all time high. It has exceeded the previous high of 389.92 Lakh Metric Tonnes. 

The Ministry said, procurement of Wheat in ongoing Rabi Marketing Season is continuing smoothly in the procuring States and Union Territories.



They are Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

 

About 42.36 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing  procurement operations with MSP value of over Rs 79,088 crore.

 

The Ministry also said that the Paddy procurement in the ongoing season Kharif 2020-21 is also continuing smoothly in the procuring States. So far over 780 Lakh Metric Tonnes of paddy has been procured.